A Yoruba group, the ‘Yoruba Revolutionary Movement’, has announced its backing for the planned nationwide protests set to take place from August 1 to 10, 2024.
This declaration, which was made by the group’s National Coordinator, Wale Balogun, during a press briefing held on Friday, refuted claims that the protests aimed to harm Yoruba interests, labeling it as “mischievous State-sponsored propaganda”.
Balogun criticised the exploitation of the Oro festival for political purposes to silence opposing views, encouraging Yoruba individuals and Lagos residents to stand up against the unlawful curfew enforced by the ‘political Oro‘.
The group further urged security personnel to treat protesters respectfully, emphasising that the protesters are not engaging in a conflict with the Nigerian government but advocating for an end to hunger, famine, and lack.
Balogun said, “We dissociate ourselves and people from the compromised civil society organisations who have pitched their tent with our oppressors and are now using money to rent a crowd and misguided opportunists to march in support of predators”.
