By muhammad ibrahim, sokoto
Protesters that move along major streets in sokoto carrying placards and crying for justice for masses also cried for military to take over powers of the country.
At the scene of event the protesters burnt tyres, destroyed pavement wire separating dualized ahmadu bello way and sultan abubakar roads.
Surprisingly the involvement of numerous underage participants, characterised the peaceful hunger protest in sokoto state while movements from place to place was slowed and commercial motorcycle activity significantly decreased as a result of road blockage.
Seemingly, all major roads especially those leading to sultan palace, government house were blocked due to participation of youths who appeared in hundreds of thousands along the major roads.
Meanwhile resident communities in sokoto state under the auspices of progressive nigeria movement, staged a protest in support of president bola ahmed tinubu, senator aliyu magatakarda wamakko and governor ahmed aliyu, saying the #endbadgovernance/hunger protest was sponsored by those that lost elections in 2023.
According to the resident community group, they are objective in their assessment of the development, hence coming to the resolution that the protest was engineered to rubbish the administration of president for paid glory.
Speaking on behalf of the resident community group, comrade jacob shehu said they are in total support of the senator aliyu magatakarda wamakko led leadership of apc in sokoto state and the governor, ahmed aliyu sokoto.
According to jacob, it is too early in the day to say president bola ahmed tinubu isn’t doing enough when he has barely spent just a year in office.
“”As nigerians, we are honestly amused by the slogan of #endbadgovernance#. This is more so that, we can vividly recall the degree of people- oriented policies of this present government. And for sokoto in particular, we, the resident communities are solidly behind senator aliyu magatakarda wamakko, governor ahmed aliyu sokoto and president bola ahmed tinubu led government””.
Majority of the sampled resident communities who participated in this counter-protest said: “We are behind senator wamakko, gov. Ahmed aliyu sokoto and pbat to say no to this national protest”” while urging nigerians to objectively rate the performance of the present administration with the right guage.
Addressing particojants at the popular offa road, old airport, within sokoto metropolis, mrs racheal idapko registered her displeasure with how some sections of nigerians are instigating violent prone protest just tk discredit the government of the day.
According to her, “”It’s too early in the day to say, the pbat led federal government has failed. At least if not for anything, the government was able to see to the implementation of new minimum wage, ensure that national assembly members reduce their take home by 50 percent and make adequate logistic cum financial support to our security agencies to defeat bandits, hudlooms and all other enemies of the country.
“”As far a we are concerned, we the resident communities in sokoto have said no to the so called sponsored hunger protest”.
The resident communities marched through sokoto metropolis from the government house through round mairuwa roundabout down to welcome to sokoto around the kwanawa axis of the state.
