Nigerians in the United States have taken to the streets to join in the June 12 Democracy Day protest taking place in their home country.
In a video making the rounds online, the protesters were seen carrying a banner that boldly read, ‘Yoruba Nation America.’
Other protestors bearing placards with inscriptions such as ‘Yoruba Nation Now,’ ‘1999 constitution is a fraud,’ etc. marched on the streets of Washington DC, US.
From the video, The PUNCH reports hearing a voice speaking about the ills that have befallen the nation, “We have come to draw your attention to what is going on in Nigeria…Crime against humanity is going on… Pay attention to Nigeria now before it is too late.”
Several digital flyers, widely circulated on social media on Friday, had publicised meeting points in Lagos, Gombe, Calabar (Cross River), Yola (Adamawa), Bauchi, Abeokuta (Ogun), Yenagoa (Bayelsa), Port Harcourt (Rivers), Ibadan (Oyo), Ilorin (Kwara), Enugu, Akure (Ondo), Yobe, and Zaria (Kaduna).
One poster by #RevolutionNow read, “Join the June 12 protest. No more poverty, hunger, and insecurity in Nigeria… Enough Is Enough! Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come.”
Another poster for a protest in Kaiserslautern, Germany read, “Buhari must go! Let’s come together to say no to government funding terrorism: Boko Haram terrorism and banditry, one litre of petrol equals N165, bad roads, poor hospitals, kidnapping, economic recession, police brutality, disregard for the rule of law, poor health sector, poor education.”
