Organisers suspend protests in Lagos, Osun
*Lagos court extends order restricting protesters to 2 venues *Protest suspended over Osun-Osogbo festival *Tinubu doesn’t appreciate level of suffering in Nigeria — Activists ORGANISERS of the hunger protest in Lagos and Osun states, yesterday, suspended further demonstrations. While protesters in Lagos suspended theirs for 24 hours, their Osun State counterparts, decided to suspend further protest to allow for peaceful celebration of Osun-Osogbo Festival. This came as a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, yesterday, extended an earlier order restricting protesters in Lagos to Freedom and Peace Parks in the Ojota and Ketu areas of the state. Suspension of protest in Lagos The decision of the protesters in Lagos to suspend the protest was reached during a congress that took place on Monday in Ojota. One of the organisers, Hassan Soweto said President Bola Tinubu’s speech did not address the demonstrators’ demands. After the congress, one of the organisers, Juwon Sanyaolu announced t...