Ben Ezeamalu

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday called for nationwide protests to cease and for ‘bloodshed’ to end after security forces cracked down on rallies spurred by economic hardship. But organisers on Monday said they will not back down.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu reacts after he was declared winner in Nigeria’s presidential election at the Party’s campaign headquarters, in Abuja, Nigeria March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye

Nigerian police patrol during the #EndBadGovernance protest at Ikeja, Lagos, on 1 August 2024. (Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP)

President Tinubu with The Patriots at State House, Abuja, on 9 August 2024. (Photo/X/@FMINONigeria)

The Doctors Without Borders step-down facility in Katsina, Nigeria, 18 February 2024. (Kola Sulaimon/AFP)

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) count votes at a polling station after local elections in Lagos, Nigeria, 2023. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP)

Bolt drivers in South Africa and Nigeria have been on the receiving end of an ongoing feud between the two countries. (Ints Kalnins/REUTERS)

Thousands of Labour Party supporters crowded into the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos on 11 February 2023. (Photo: Ben Ezeamalu)

A supporter of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu holds a Biafra flag during a rally in support of Kanu, who is expected to appear at a magistrate court in Abuja, Nigeria December 1, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello said Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is trying to forcefully arrest him despite voluntarily reporting himself to the EFCC’s headquarters on Wednesday.