#BuhariMustGo protesters block FCT airport road, set bonfire

In the early hours of Monday, the irate youths tag “#BuhariMustGo” staged a peaceful protest along the highway leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

The protesters took their campaign to Dantata Bridge, along the road which serves as a major entrance and exit points to the capital city as early as 5:00am chanting #BuhariMustGo.

The protesters barricaded the Expressway with bonfire, preventing vehicular movement along the road.

The protesters, who displayed placards, were on June 12 violently dispersed by a combined team of armed security operatives at Gudu junction when they were teargassed.

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The protesters, seen in a video posted by Omoyele Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow, on Twitter, microblogging platform, were chanting “Buhari must go”.

They were demanding an end to insecurity, bad governance, corruption, impunity and reversal of suspension on Twitter, among others.

The #BuhariMustGo campaign has drawn attention from different parts of the countries with protests calling for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari.

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