On Thursday morning, security operatives barricaded the main entrance of the National Assembly complex in Abuja to block protesters from entering the premises. The Take It Back Movement, along with several civil society groups, organized the protest as part of nationwide demonstrations marking June 12, Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The organisers aimed to draw attention to what they describe as two years of “misrule, hardship, and insecurity” under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. They shifted the protest to the National Assembly, where President Tinubu is scheduled to address a joint session as…
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