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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Pelumi Salako

‘Nigerians are tired’: Protesters fed up with bad governance, soaring costs

A man holds a placard at a demonstration against bad governance in Lagos, Nigeria [Pelumi Salako/Al Jazeera]

Lagos, Nigeria – Armed with a protest sign, 20-year-old Samuel Adeleke joined a crowd of angry Nigerians gathered in Ikeja, the heart of Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, on Thursday morning.

Passing through nearby residential areas, the few hundred protesters raised placards decrying the high cost of food and rising cost of living, while pumping their fists in the air and chanting songs to urge more people to join them.

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