Back in August 5th, 2019, we had the #RevolutionNow protest spearheaded by SaharaReporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, who since then, has been a regular guest of the DSS, and spent several days in detention.
Now two years down the road, another massive protest by the Coalition for Revolution (CORE), has declared for August 5, 2021. Like the protests before it since 2019, CORE will be marching in protests against bad leadership in Nigeria.
Tagged ‘Buhari Is A Full-Blown Pandemic, Quarantine Tyranny', the group urged Nigerians to troop out to demand a better Nigeria. It listed a series of demands which it said are non-negotiable.
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A statement by the group reads, “Join the August 5 nationwide protests against corruption and tyranny in Nigeria. Enough is enough!
“You’re Shiites, IPOB, ODUDUWA, #ENDSARS, students, market men and women or citizens who can’t cope with rising food prices, workers whose miserable salaries are cut in half, people whose businesses have been ruined by economic mismanagement, farmers whose farmlands have been destroyed...come out on August 5, 2021.
“It will be a total lockdown at home and abroad. Shops, schools, businesses are advised to observe strict closures. Only essential services will be allowed.
CORE also called on Nigerians in the Diaspora to join the protest by storming "the nearest Nigerian embassy or consulate or UN office around you. Let the world know we can’t continue like this anymore!"