A pro-government protester claims to be unaware he was brought to participate in a counter- demonstration against #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest.
Protests erupted across Nigeria on Thursday, with people in several states demonstrating against the country’s hardships, while some states saw major roads deserted.
At the same time, counter-protesters arrived at the National Stadium in Abuja in five buses to demonstrate against the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria.
Speaking with PUNCH, one of the counter-protesters revealed that he wasn’t aware he was brought for a counter-protest.
The man said he thought they were told they were being transported to the location for the actual protest.
Watch the video below:
𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: '𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭'
Some demonstrators protesting against the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest have just arrived at the National Stadium in Abuja in five coastal buses.
One of the… pic.twitter.com/M3QifeAe2T
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