Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore on Monday said the forthcoming #FearlessInOctober protest scheduled for October 1, will go on with or without him.
Sowore, who is also the convener of the #RevolutionNow disclosed this during an interview on News Central TV on Monday.
He stressed that the protests will not stop until the government addresses the demands of the protesters.
He said: “And I want to make it clear here whether I participate or not and I am addressing our security people, it is going to happen. Just like the one in August, I was not here and it happened.
“Even in 2019, the protest that I was arrested for – #RevolutionNow – happened even though I was arrested two days before the protest. So nobody can stop it.
“I only know that it will start on October 1, I don’t know when it will end. Nigerians are tired of suffering. Did you know that in 2023 in France, French workers protested for six months non-stop? So why the complaint about the two months (the gap between #EndBadGovernance and #FearlessInOctober protests) when there is still hunger, starvation and corruption?
“People are even complaining that we should not announce the date, that it should happen spontaneously.”
The Sahara Reporters publisher urged anyone who wish to begin the protests before the planned October 1 date to do so.
