Thousands of enraged youths stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, on Thursday to express their displeasure with Nigeria’s current economic situation under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu and his policies.
The aggrieved youths carried placards with different inscriptions, and wrapped themselves with the Nigerian flag. They called an end to bad governance and blamed the Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress Federal Government for the current economic woes bedeviling the nation.
The inscriptions on the placards read: “We deserve better governance not corruption,” “Nigerians are dying daily, let us take it back,” and “we are saying no to high fuel prices, food prices, hunger, and bad governance”. They began the protest around the Rumuola axis of the Port Harcourt-Aba motorway and ended at the Government House.
The protesters stated that they were not protesting against the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, but against the Federal Government.
Spokesperson for the protesting youths stated: “We are not here to protest Governor Fubara; rather, we are here to protest Tinubu’s bad government; we want Tinubu and Akpabio to resign.”
Addressing the crowd, the Governor urged the youths to be peaceful. He, however, expressed fear that the peaceful protest could be hijacked by enemies of the State, and urged them to be civil and peaceful with their protest.
He, however, promised to relay the youths’ concerns to President Tinubu.
