Igboho was arrested on Monday night at Cotonou airport while attempting to board a plane to Germany with his German wife.
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Members of the group carried placards with various inscriptions, among which are ‘Rebuild the North and not destroy it’; and ‘Nobody is safe in the North; End banditry now and Bring back our boys’.
The council made the appeal in a statement in Kaduna on Monday by its Secretary General, Malam Yusuf Arrigasiyyu.
The President of NUTAG, Chukwuemeka Nnaji, who led the protest, told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview that Ghanaian authorities’ refused to open their shops since 2019.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the protesters marched to the secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists to lodge their grievances.
Sowore earlier sent an invitation via a tweet in which he compared Burna Boy to late Afro-beat legend, Fela Kuti.
Garba Abari, the Director-General of NOA, made the appeal in a statement in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the state government pensioners are owed from 2014 while local government pensioners are owed from 2011.
The protest was orgainsed by the Joint Union of Public Complaints Commission Chapter in Abuja.
Recall, some Nigerians on social media, particularly Twitter, have been calling on celebrities and politicians to weigh in on the recently increased fuel price and electricity tariffs.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the protest was held in the Ministry of Finance, Abuja.
In a statement jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Union, Muhammad Sani-Gaya and Murtala Muhammad, it said the action would be inimical to educational development of the state.
Omowole said the protest would be virtual in compliance to the federal and state governments’ physical distancing protocol on the management of COVID-19, which discourages large gatherings.
The Association of Resident Doctors in Ondo State on Friday protested the non-payment of arrears of salaries of members of the association by the State Government since the past six months.
The Federal Government has reacted to the protests at isolation centres for COVID-19 patients.
Ezekwesili, according to reports, was said to have been harassed and assaulted by the security operatives attached to the Villa, during her march.
The protesters, who stormed the EKEDC office in their hundreds, also prevented officials of the company and electricity consumers from entering the premises.
Spokesman for the command, Chike Oti, told newsmen on Sunday that no group of persons would be allowed to carry out any protest without being authorised or permitted by the command.
The walk, which started from the NBA secretariat, Ikeja, took the protesters to the Lagos State Governor’s Office and House of Assembly, Alausa.
According to one of the Elders: “The decision to sell our houses right under our noses is ridiculous and unfortunate. Majority of the masses in this state have taken leverage of the low cost houses to secure accommodation. I wonder which right thinking government will render its citizens houseless for the benefit of just few.”