Plateau residents shun October1protest

Residents of Plateau State on Tuesday ignored the protests slated across the country to mark the nation’s 64th independence.

The October 1, 2024, protest, tagged “FearlessInOctober,” had witnessed massive mobilisation, especially on social media during the past months.

There were fears that the Independence Day protests would take the pattern of the August 1 EndBadGovernance in Nigeria protest in the state, where aggrieved youths took to the streets of Jos, demanding an end to economic hardship as well as a reversal of the petrol subsidy removal and electricity tariff increase.

However, our correspondent, who monitored the situation in Jos on Tuesday, observed that although there were no protesters in sight at the Secretariat junction and Old Airport junction, where they usually assemble before hitting the streets, security operatives were on the ground at both locations keeping watch.

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