Organizers of the #EndBadGovernance protests against economic hardship have announced that the nationwide rallies, which entered their second day on Friday, will continue until President Bola Tinubu addresses their demands.
Damilare Adenola, Director of Mobilisation for the Take It Back Movement, a non-governmental organization, made this statement on Channels Television’s The August Protests program on Friday.
In a surprising turn, Adenola clarified that human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa does not represent his group, despite the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) having previously sought protection from security agencies on their behalf before the rallies began.
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The youth activist stated that his group will not suspend the 10-day protests, despite Adegboruwa’s appeals to call off the demonstrations due to the infiltration of fifth columnists intent on causing chaos.
He also mentioned that the protests could extend beyond 10 days, depending on the government’s response.
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Adenola said, “Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa is not our lawyer and he doesn’t speak for us. He might have presented himself as the solicitor but he is not hungry. He is a senior advocate of Nigeria who lives well. He is not hungry like the people taking over the streets.”
“We are waiting for the government to respond to us and address our demands. And until then, the protests continue,” he said, adding that though the demands of protesters have not been addressed, a statement has been made to the government of the day.
He stated that the protests have demonstrated to Nigerians that they have the power to hold their leaders accountable.
When asked if the protests were being sponsored by anyone, he replied that the true sponsors are hunger and economic deprivation.
Adenola added that if the Federal Government were sincere and truly concerned about the people’s struggles, the President would have addressed the protesters’ demands by now.
