June 12 – Police, Protesters Draw Battle Lines In Lagos, Edo Delta, Others

There are indications of an imminent clash between civil society organisations and the police as a mass protest is set to be held in various states across the country and in the diaspora on Saturday (today), in commemoration of democracy day. Several digital flyers, widely circulated on social media on Friday published meeting points in Lagos, Gombe, Calabar (Cross River), Yola (Adamawa), Bauchi, Abeokuta (Ogun), Yenogoa (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.” Similar flyers targeted at protesters in New York (US), Kaiserslautern, Germany. Similar posters was aimed at supporters in London, United Kingdom, Toronto (Canada’s), Austen (Texas, USA).

Meanwhile the United States and the United Kingdom have warned their citizens in the country to avoid the June 12, 2021 protests which will take place on Saturday (today) in several parts of the country. The embassy advised American citizens to keep a low profile and avoid the areas where the protests will hold.