Some residents of Ondo State under the auspices of #Revolution Now trouped out to protest the high cost of staple foods and inflation amid growing frustration on the price of petrol nationwide.

The protesters stormed the streets to express their displeasure on the current economic hardship that is ravaging the country under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government.

The protest came despite warnings by the state police command against any demonstration during the 64th Independence Day celebration.

Kicking off the protest at the popular Cathedral Church Junction in Akure, the peaceful protesters chanted anti-government songs while demanding that President Tinubu should address the issue of hunger and cut pump prices and electricity prices in the country.

The protest, which was closely monitored by the combined team of police officers and men of the State Security Service, also drew the attention of commercial drivers and motorcyclists, who lamented over the disparity in the prices of fuel at filling stations in the state.

Addressing journalists at the protest ground, one of the leaders, Kunle Wiseman Ajayi, accused the government of not being sensitive to the needs of Nigerians in the face of the economic challenges in the country.

Ajayi explained that the various ‘anti-government policies’ of the current government have further plunged the country into economic crisis, noting that Nigerians can no longer bear the hardship.”