Hundreds of protesters led by the Campaign for Democracy and the coalition of civil society groups today trooped out to protest what they call an affront on the institution of democracy in Nigeria through last Tuesday’s siege on the National Assembly by men of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The protesters chanting SOLIDARITY and pro-democracy songs marched through the Obafemi Awolowo Way Ikeja under the heavy downpour, to the Lagos state house of assembly.
Speaking through their leaders, Comrade Olufemi Lawson of the Campaign for Democracy and Omotaje Saint Jericho, the protesters described the siege on the National Assembly by men of the department of state security service as an attack on democracy and an attempt to force a civilian “coup” on the country and abort the peaceful Democratic institutions in the country.
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