FOUR HOURS AGO
“Nigerians!!! Due to security concerns and public safety consideration. I hereby announce the cancellation of the planned March” -Tuface
That was how musician Innocent Idibia announced the cancellation of a planned nationwide protest against bad governance which had been scheduled to hold on Sunday.
The artiste popularly referred to as Tuface took to his Instagram handle to make the announcement.
After the musician announced plans to hold the protest, and went further to release a schedule of the event, he has been under pressure, especially from security agencies, namely the police to drop the idea.
The police had expressed fears over the protests being hijacked by miscreants for selfish reasons to commit crime, and disturb the peace.
But Tuface was initially adamant, and even moved the date forward by one day, to coincide with the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria from his overseas vacation.
The Benue state-born artist however, in the video announcing the cancellation of the march, said that it had become clear that the protest tagged ‘One voice Nigeria’, was under threat of being hijacked by interests not aligned with his ideals.
Already mixed reactions have started trailing the cancellation of the protests.
QUESTION IS WHY DID HE REALLY CANCEL THE MARCH: HAVEN COME THIS FAR?
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