One of the organisers and 2023 presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has said that the proposed October 1 protest will go on as planned and it is not to attract attention for dialogue with Aso Rock but for their demands to be met. Sowore said the movement is to ensure the tyranny in the democratic system is defeated. He said “the October 1 nationwide peaceful protest will hold in Abuja at the Eagle Square. The protest has always made a difference, it has always defeated tyranny and oppression. We did not plan the protest to get an invitation to the Aso Rock Villa.”
He also stated that they (protesters) are not ready for any other thing but, “No, answer, I am sure we are only ready for change not monologue. The ultimatum attached to our demands to be met is tomorrow (October 1, 2024).” He said the protest was fixed for October 1 being Nigeria’s Independence Day from colonial Britain in 1960. “It is a significant protest that first questions the Independence of 1960 and now seeks a new independence from internal colonisers.” However, he added that no amount of intimidation can stop the protest, “It doesn’t matter to us, we expect the worst but we know the people would win ultimately.”
