Organisers Disown Adegboruwa, Say Protests Will Continue Till FG Meets DemandsOrganisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests against economic hardship say the nationwide rallies which entered the second day on Friday will continue till President Bola Tinubu addresses their demands. Damilare Adenola, Director of Mobilisation of Take It Back Movement, a non-governmental organisation, stated this on Channels Televisions The August Protests programme on Friday. In an interesting twist, Adenola said human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa does not speak for his group though the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) had written security agencies to seek protection for them before the rallies. The youth activist said his group wont suspend the 10-day protests despite Adegboruwas pleas that the demonstrations be called off because fifth columnists have infiltrated the rallies to wreak havoc. He said the protests might exceed 10 days depending on the response of the government. He said the protests have shown Nigerians they can hold their leaders accountable. Asked whether the protests were being sponsored by anyone, he said the sponsors of these protests were hunger and economic deprivation. Adenola said if the Federal Government is sincere and concerned with the plights of the people, the President would have addressed the demands of the protesters by now. On the first and second day of the protests, policemen were seen dispersing the demonstrators, mostly youths, using tear gas, even as civil society organisations (CSOs) condemned the action of the police. The protests turned awry when some hoodlums took advantage of the demonstrations and looted public and private assets.
