Police officers has fired teargas at demonstrators during the “Fearless In October” protest over bad governance in Abuja, Nigeria.
According to CHANNELS TELEVISION report, the protesters gathered at the Utako area in Abuja, the country’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, waving the Nigerian Green-White-Green flag and banners with various inscriptions such as “EndBadGovernance”, “DiasporaVoting”, “EndHighLivingCosts”, amongst others but fled the scene after police officers fired teargas at them.
The protest Today was propagated on social media, exactly two months after the August #EndBadGovernance protests.
The two demonstrations are synonymous in themes as aggrieved young people demand a reversal of petrol subsidy removal and electricity tariff increase.
Critics have faulted President Bola Tinubu for removing petrol subsidy and unification of the foreign exchange rates which many Nigerians believed were responsible for the unimaginable inflation and soaring living and energy costs in the country.
During the nation’s 64th Independence Day Anniversary Broadcast on Tuesday, Tinubu appealed to Nigerians to be more patient with him, saying his administration is retooling its economic policies for the good of common Nigerians.
