Cybercrime Act: protesters converge at Ikeja under bridge, walk to Lagos Assembly
Youths protesters on Monday converged at Ikeja Under Bridge in Lagos, to express their grievances against the alleged abuse of the Cybercrime Act, the worsening economic hardship in the country, and what they described as a “state of emergency” in Rivers State.
The protest, which was a nationwide demonstration spearheaded by the Take-It-Back Movement and other civil society organisations, began earlier in the day to draw attention to several national issues.
The demonstrators carried placards bearing inscriptions such as “Any law that forbids us from speaking against oppression in Nigeria is no longer a law but shackles of slavery” and “When law becomes a tool of oppression, unite to repeal it”
The protesters chanting solidarity songs walked down to the Lagos State House of Assembly through the famous Awolowo way passing through Allen Avenue junction.
Getting to the entrance the Lagos Assembly complex, no lawmaker was available to address the protesters as they continued to sing solidarity songs, hoping they would be addressed.
Meanwhile, the National Coordinator of the Take-It-Back Movement, Juwon Sanyaolu, in a statement on Friday, said the protest was aimed at resisting what he termed the “increasing authoritarianism” of the current administration and demand urgent relief for Nigerians battling inflation and insecurity.
