Hardship Protest: “I Am Ready to Die,” Nursing Mother Dares Police, Lists 2 Things Tinubu Should Fix
- A nursing mother has vowed to remain on the streets until the federal government addresses the demands of the protesters
- Suwaiba Abdullahi, one of the protesters in Abuja, said that although she was arrested and later released, she will not back down from the demonstration
- She shared her struggle of being a widow and appealed to President Tinubu to address the plight of the ordinary Nigerians, saying "There is hunger in the country"
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
On Friday, August 2, protesters returned to the streets of Abuja to demand an end to insecurity and economic hardship.
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The Friday crowd in Abuja was much smaller than Thursday when hundreds of protesters expressed their grievances about the country’s cost-of-living crisis.
Legit.ng reported that the peaceful demonstration began on Thursday, August 1, but turned violent in states such as Kano, Gombe, Yobe, Abuja and Niger .
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Meanwhile, the protest organisers christened this the “#10daysofrage” demonstration.
However, protests were not recorded in some states, such as Ekiti, Ondo and most of the southeastern states of the country.
Widow to Tinubu: “Address hunger, insecurity”
In an interview with Premium Times at the stadium on Friday, Suwaiba Abdullahi, one of the protesters, said she is “willing to sacrifice her life for the protests until the authorities listen to their pleas.”
Mrs. Abdullahi disclosed that her husband was killed recently in the northern part of the country and life has been so “miserable ever since.”
The widow, who is a nursing mother, said she was arrested on Thursday, August 1, but she remained “undeterred”, which is why she returned to the protests shortly after regaining freedom.
“I am ready to die,” Ms Abdullahi continued, calling on the president to address “hunger and insecurity in the country.”
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Police disperse youths attempting to break Kano store
Legit.ng earlier reported that some youths attempted to break into a two-storey building housing Sadaraki Stores along Zoo Road in Kano state during the ongoing hardship protests.
Operatives of the Kano state police command quickly moved in and dispersed the angry youths from gaining entrance into the store.
The angry youths, however, succeeded in destroying the windows of the building before the arrival of security operatives.
Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.
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