#BuhariMustGo Protesters Storm Abuja

Some angry protesters, mostly youths, have taken to the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) today, Monday, demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari should resign from office for incompetency and bad governance.

Tagged #BuhariMustGo, the protest march flagged off early Monday as the protesters poured on to the streets chanting different anti-government slogans.

In their peaceful protest march, they also barricaded the Abuja Airport Expressway, disrupting vehicular movement along the road that leads to the both West and Eastern part of the country.

The protesters told reporters that their anger is against bad governance and insecurity that seem to have taken over every nook and cranny of the country with most Nigerians now at the mercy of criminal elements.

Reports said massing around the popular Dantata Bridge that serves as a major entrance and exit points to the Nation’s capital as early as 5:00am, the protesting group chanted #BuhariMustGo, thereby making vehicular movement along the road a huge challenge for motorists.

Some of the angry youths, who lamented their inability to even burn tyres as part of their protest engagement, blamed the Buhari administration for making lives difficult for most Nigerians.

In a veiled reference to the government continuous increase in the price petrol from N87 to about N160, the protesters could be heard chanting in pigin: “Se na democracy be this; se na democracy be this, and people dey die like flies. Interpreted thus “se na democracy be this” (Is this a democracy?; and people are dying like flies)

According to the protesting youths, among their complaints are; bad governance, worsening insecurity, killings, banditry, kidnappings, massive unemployment; and poor management of economy.

Other include corruption, impunity and reversal of suspension on Twitter