Protest broke out in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Monday, over high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship bedeviling the country.
it was gathered that, as at the time of this report, the protest is currently happening at Mokola area of Ibadan, where many residents carried different placard and chanting songs to drive home their points.
Some of the placards have inscriptions such as ‘End food hike and inflation’, ‘The poor is starving’, ‘Tinubu, don’t forget your promises’, amongst others.
However, armed police personnel were seen at Strategic positions at the protest scene even as demonstrators held the peaceful rally against the economic hardship in the land occasioned by the removal of petrol subsidy.
Recall that the police had on Sunday warned that no breach of peace would be allowed during any protest in the state.
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