Aggrieved Nigerians under the aegis of Joint Action Front (JAF), staged a protest on Wednesday at Ojuelegba area of Lagos over hike in electricity tariff and petrol price in the country.
Some of the protesters displayed placards with the following inscriptions, ‘Buhari robbing the masses to pay the rich’; ‘Reject hike in electricity tarriff now; Fight for socialism,’ among others.
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Earlier this month, Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) ,across the country, implemented a new electricity tariff regime.
Also, petrol is being sold for N162 per litre, a development that has caused furore on social media as Nigerians tasked opposition leaders and organised labor to reject the developments with physical protest.