Protesters at the Eagle Square Abuja, yesterday, heckled the Minister of State for Youths Development, Ayodele Olawande, who came to address them.
According to reports, as the Minister tried to address the crowd, the protesters continued to chant “hunger dey”, preventing the minister from speaking.
However, after quelling the crowd, the Minister said he wasn’t attempting to shut down the protest, describing himself as a comrade who has attended between a hundred and five hundred protests.
“I’m not here to fight you, I’m not here to ask you not to protest; it is your right. Like I said, I’ve been to over 100-500 protests”, he said.
The Minister also assured that he would address the Police regarding the shooting of canisters against the protesters.
It was gathered that the protesters however insisted they would not join the others at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, arguing that a few days ago, a parallel protest had been held without interference by the Police.
In Lagos, the Divisional Police Officer of the Alausa Police Station, arrived at the scene of Alausa protest site to engage with the protesters. She requested that the protesters relocate to Gani Fawehinmi Park, saying that Alausa is not the authorised venue for protests.
