Nigerians set fresh nationwide protest on Monday, April 7
Nigerians, especially the youths are warming up for a fresh nationwide protest over the alleged misuse of the Cybercrime Act.
The planned protest is scheduled to hold on Monday, April 7, 2025.
The protest, according to the Take-It-Back (TIB) movement and several allied groups, are also protest the state of emergency in Rivers State.
The planned demonstrations have attracted widespread attention from civil society organisations and rights activists.
They accuse President Bola Tinubu's led administration of using the Cybercrime Act to suppress press freedom and silence dissenting voices including journalists, social media users, and government critics.
TIB National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, who made this known at a news conference, described the ugly development as unconstitutional.
Sanyaolu explained that the key demands of the protest, chief among them being the repeal of the Cybercrime Act and an end to what he called “military-style governance” in Rivers State.
He condemned the alleged clampdown on democratic institutions and demanded the immediate reinstatement of the suspended State House of Assembly and the state’s executive structures.
Sanyaolu emphasised that the protests would not be restricted to the Federal Capital Territory but would spread across various parts of the country, with organisers planning multiple simultaneous demonstrations.
