Youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, Nigerian on Wednesday morning stage a peaceful protest as they blocked all the major roads lead the state.
The angry youths protested against the prevailing new naira notes which not made available by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Some of the areas blocked were Sango, Mokola, Sabo, Oke-Ado, Iwo-road, University of Ibadan, Eleyele, New Garage, Orita-Challenge, Molete among others.
The activities stopped a lot of people going to their offices as it paralyzed the businesses of individuals.
Security operatives are out there to ensure that hoodlums don’t take advantage of the peaceful protest of some people to unleash violence on members of the public.
The blasted the President Muhammad Buhari CBN governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele and, noting that the current situation inflicted hunger, inability to provide for their families.
They described as unimaginable having to pay N2000 as POS charge to collect N10,000.
They warned that should the current situation continue, they would make the environment conducive for the conduct of the forthcoming elections.
Speaking journalists, Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security, Mr Fatai Oseni said security operatives went out to ensure that hoodlums do not take advantage of a peaceful protest to unleash members of the public.
Owoseni said the state and security agencies were adopting “non-kinetic” means to handle a delicate situation but stressed that the operatives will not fold its arms to allow criminals pursue their agenda with the peaceful protest.
He said the foot soldiers of the various security agencies would be on ground to prevent an escalation of a peaceful action into violence, adding that the security personnel will be firm on all hoodlums and criminals that rear their heads.
Owoseni said: “The state will be firm; the commanders will be firm on hoodlums and criminals that want to take advantage of the situation while peaceful protest would be managed in a way that it would not
degenerate.
“We don’t want hoodlums to take advantage of this and turn the state into a place where they will say there is no law and order.
“We have seen some barricade and the people that we met at the barricades voluntarily removed it.
“It is non-kinetic means that the state will want to be using in order to address situation. It is a delicate thing. Everybody is feeling the impact.”
