Hunger: Protesters ignore warnings, hit Lagos, Edo, Oyo streets

Protesters have hit the streets of Lagos over the soaring price of food and cost of living in the country despite police warnings.

In a video shared on X, the Nation observed the protesters, a human rights group identified as the “Take It Back Movement” carried placards of various inscriptions in the Ojuelegba area of the state.

Police officers were also seen at the protest to forestall any possible violence..

Lagos Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade on Sunday warned against any protest in the State.

In a related development, Civil Society Organisations in Edo State have stormed the streets of Benin City, the state capital.

The Nation reports tha the protest followed the current economic hardship currently affecting Nigerians.

Members of the CSOs carried various placards such as “End Economic Hardship”, “FG End the Hunger in Nigeria Now,” among many others to state their grievances.

The Benin protest is coming after Ibadan residents protested against economic hardship.

Edo protest