The Take It Back Movement and #EndBadGovernance Coalition have announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on June 12, 2025 to draw attention to the country’s worsening insecurity, shrinking civic space, and growing economic hardship.

In a statement, yesterday, by its National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, the Movement condemned the rising wave of insecurity in the Middle Belt and northern parts of the country, especially the continued attacks in Benue, Plateau, Southern Kaduna, and other states.

Also, one of the leaders of the #EndBadGovernance Movement, Hassan Soweto, said the protest is aimed at expressing dissatisfaction with the current administration over its economic reforms that have triggered hardship.

According to Sanyaolu, communities have been wiped out while thousands remain displaced, with the government either turning a blind eye or denying the scale of the carnage.

Sanyaolu also criticised the Federal Government’s alleged crackdown on dissents, citing arrest of protesters, detention of activists, and the targeting of journalists and social media users under the Cybercrime Act.

He described the actions as part of a broader campaign to silence opposition and stifle democratic expression.

Soweto said that the removal of subsidy and unification of the naira had adversely affected the economy, pushing many citizens into hardship.

He said: “Another result of Tinubu’s two-year Presidency is the asphyxiation of the national economy due to the adverse effect of the removal of oil subsidy and naira devaluation.

“Without equivocation, we have to say that the past two years of President Tinubu’s government have been nothing short of a disaster for the Nigerian people. The anti-poor and neo-liberal reforms of the regime have led to the destruction of livelihoods and the economy on a scale previously unimagined.”

He, however, called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, to cooperate with the protesters.