{"id":221759,"date":"2024-09-29T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/29\/fearlessoctober-protest-will-hold-at-eagle-square\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T07:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T07:00:23","slug":"fearlessoctober-protest-will-hold-at-eagle-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/29\/fearlessoctober-protest-will-hold-at-eagle-square\/","title":{"rendered":"#FearlessOctober: Protest Will Hold At Eagle Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-912329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227_135613.jpg\" alt=\"NLC hardship protest\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Organisers of the #FearlessOctober1 protest have declared that the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, and Military would not stop them from embarking on the demonstration as planned.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers have also written to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to request security during the demonstration, noting that protest is a fundamental right they would not submit to any state agent.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will celebrate its 64th independence on Tuesday, October 1, the day some Nigerian youths have taken to protest the hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy and the devaluation of the naira.<\/p>\n<p>Juwon Sanyaolu, National Coordinator of the Take It Back Movement, and Damilare Adeola, group\u2019s Director of Mobilisation, said mobilisation efforts had begun, adding that Nigerians were mobilising from different parts of the country for the protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also written to the Inspector General of Police, informing him of our protest locations and reminding him of the constitutional duty of the police to protect protesters as opposed to the repression we have witnessed in times past,\u201d said Sanyaolu.<\/p>\n<p>The group explained that the FCT protest would be held at the Eagle Square, the same venue of the Independence Day parade, while the Lagos protest would take place at the Ikeja Under Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers noted that the protest would be across the country, adding that only \u2018immediate reversal of fuel subsidy removal\u2019 would dissuade them from the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>The IG, Egbetokun, had directed the Force zonal and state commands to deploy men from Monday to strategic locations until a stand-down order was given.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO: Nigerians Must Not Wait Until Planned FearlessInOctober To Protest Against Tinubu \u2013 Sowore<\/p>\n<p>He also directed that the policemen should dress in camouflage with hats, even as he asked the Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police to engage and discourage available civil society groups and individuals from participating in the protest.<\/p>\n<p>Protest leader, Omoyele Sowore, said the youth were not afraid of the police, adding that the protest would hold as planned.<\/p>\n<p>Sowore explained that the reported fear of some people about the possibility of violence during the protest was not true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody has expressed to us or anyone that they\u2019re afraid because they know we are not violent protesters; maybe you should ask that of the government,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Deji Adeyanju, lawyer to the organisers, said it was wrong for the police to summon protesters who were exercising their right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police do not have the right to summon protesters like they are currently doing. It is the responsibility of the police to protect the protesters anytime they embark on a demonstration. The protesters are not political parties; security agencies should not harass them,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said the arrest and detention of some of the August demonstrators would not deter youths from joining the #FearlessOctober1 protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government plans to discourage people from coming out to protest; that is why they are still detaining our comrades who participated in the August protest. 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