Nigerians protesting against bad governance, economic hardship and hunger on Saturday blocked the convoy of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
They demanded that he comes down from the vehicle to address them.
The peaceful demonstrators, waving green leaves and expressing their demands, lined the streets.
After a brief moment, the governor’s convoy passed as the demonstrators continued with the rallies.
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#Endbadgovernance protesters block Governor Fubara's convoy, make fresh demands
pic.twitter.com/KO2pWITkvq— Dockaysworld.NG (@Dockaysworld) August 3, 2024
Recall that on Thursday, Fubara told the protesters that his government would do everything within its powers to make life easier for the people of the state.
Fubara said, “I am thanking you because you are here to demand for a better Nigeria. But like I said, I am one of you and I feel your pain. In our government, here, we are doing everything to make life easy for our people.
“But you see, this particular protest that we are doing now, we worry that we know a lot of people are planning to take advantage of this protest to destroy our state, but we will not allow it.
“I want to thank you for being peaceful. I already know your problem, and we will communicate it to the federal government. It is not easy but we know with time, it will be well. Starting from our own state, everything will be well. What we need is to support the government and support the policy.