Protesters march through major streets in Osogbo during a June 12 demonstration over rising insecurity in Nigeria. Photo: Bola Bamigbola
Twelve human rights organisations in Osun State, under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups, Activists, and Trade Unionists, on Friday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo to mark June 12, calling for urgent action against worsening insecurity across Nigeria.
The protesters said governments at all levels had failed to adequately address the rising wave of kidnappings, banditry and other violent crimes in the country.
The groups, which included the Centre for Sustained Dialogue, Osun Coalition of Civil Societies, Democratic Socialist Movement, Take It Back Movement and the Federation of Informal Workers Organisations of Nigeria, converged at Ayetoro area before marching through Old Garage to Olaiya Junction, where leaders addressed journalists.
Carrying banners with inscriptions such as “Government must end kidnapping in Nigeria,” the protesters specifically demanded the immediate rescue of abducted schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State.
