#EndBadGovernance protesters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday warned business owners in the city not to open for business today, Tuesday, or else risk possible attack.
The protesters issued the warning at a Lagos bus stop, where several businesses were opened amid the nationwide protest.
The protesters, who converged around Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt old township, around 8am, marched the adjoining streets with placards calling for improved governance in the country.
The irate youths, including men and women, as they trekked, chanted: “Tinubu must go!, Wike must go!, Akapbio must go!, hunger too much”, among others.
The protesters, who observed several businesses opened around the Lagos bus stop area including shops, banks and filling stations, perceived the development as lack of solidarity for the on-going protests, saying the business owners ought to have joined their voices to their demands, rather than staying back to trade.
Speaking in pidgin English, the protesters said, “We dey do protest, you dey do your business; tomorrow, you better not open your shops; if you open you will see what will happen. “You better come out and protest against bad governance with us, we must protest against all our bad leaders, they must go”.
Most vehicles plying roads in the State capital attached plucked leaves in front of their vehicles, a sign that indicates solidarity with the protests.
Meanwhile, another group of protesters blocked the Akpajo section of East-West Road, near Indorama Petrochemical gate in Eleme local government area of the State. The youths, in their thousands, stopped motorists from moving forward or backwards, as they continued their 10-day protest to press home their demand for better governance in the country.
However, the protesters did not attack residents or businesses, as they were excorted by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command.
