Some hoodlums attacked the #endbadgovernanceinNigeria protesters around the Biogbolo axis of the Melford Okilo Road in Bayelsa state.
The protesters swarmed major roads in Yenagoa to join the nationwide End Bad Governance protest against economic hardship.
The aggrieved protesters said they were out to demand action from the government to end the high cost of living and hunger.
The protest created a lull on socio-economic activities.
The End Bad Governance protesters chanted solidarity songs and carried placards with various inscriptions such as ‘Kill Corruption before corruption kills us all’, ‘Restore fuel subsidy and reduce the price of petroleum products now’, ‘We are dying of hunger in our own country’, ‘We are suffering so much now’, ‘We can no longer feed our children’, ‘Give us affordable education and health care’ among others.
The protesters, mostly youths and women, marched through the Yenagoa-Mbiama Road and the Melford Okilo Road defying the morning showers to register their grievances.
There was heavy deployment of police and other security agents at strategic locations.
Many civil servants stayed away work as only few staff were at their duty posts at the State and Federal Secretariat Complexes with most offices scanty.
Also, many shops, private businesses and financial institutions such as banks were under lock and key.
