The protest, the human rights activist said, was going to be massive, which has been selected for August 1st to 10th.
Human rights activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, said on Wednesday that upcoming nationwide ‘Day of Rage’ protest against exacerbating hunger in Nigeria is going to be massive.
Sowore had on Tuesday released the locations of protest coordinators across Nigeria for the upcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria demonstration for the people’s easy connection.
The event aims to bring attention to the country’s governance issues.
According to Sowore, a former presidential candidate in 2019 and 2023, the protest will take place in 35 states nationwide.
However, Sowore why answering a question about who are the organisers of the protest in a post shared on his X account, explained that hunger, unemployment, insecurity, poverty and corruption were the organisers.
The protest, the human rights activist said, was going to be massive, which has been selected for August 1st to 10th.
He wrote: “This is going to be MASSIVE!
#DaysOfRage August 1st-10th 2024!
“QUESTION: Who are the organizers of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria revolt in Nigeria? #DaysOfrage
“ANSWER: Hunger, Unemployment, Insecurity, Poverty and corruption.”
For Kano State, the location is Kano city; Bauchi State – locations are Azare and Bauchi town. Enugu State – locations are Enugu city and the university town of Nsukka; Jigawa State – locations are Dutse and Kazaure; Ekiti State – locations are Ado-Ekiti and Ikere-Ekiti; Cross River State – location is Calabar.
For the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) – locations are Gwags and Central Business District; Imo State – Owerri; Abia State – Aba and Umuahia; Anambra State – Awka and Onitsha; Ebonyi State – Abakaliki; Akwa Ibom State – Uyo; Kaduna State – Kaduna town and Zaria; Kwara State – Ilorin and Offa; Borno State – Biu and Maiduguri; Edo State – Benin and Auchi.
Bayelsa State – Brass and Yenagoa; Yobe State – Damaturu; Zamfara State – Gusau and Kaura Namoda; Nasarawa State – Keffi and Lafia; Sokoto State – Sokoto town; Plateau State – Jos; Oyo State – Oyo town and Ogbomosho; Ondo State – Akure, Ondo, Ore and Owo; Niger State – Suleja and Minna; Benue State – Gboko and Makurdi.
Delta State – Ughelli, Asaba, Warri, Sapele; Kogi State – Kabba, Okene and Lokoja; Rivers State – Port-Harcourt; Kebbi state – Birnin Kebbi and Gwandu; Katsina State – Daura and Katsina. Osun State – Ile-Ife, Oshogbo, Iwo, Ilesha and Ede; Ogun State – Ijebu-Ode, Shagamu, Ilaro and Abeokuta; Taraba State – Jalingo.