THE #EndBadGovernance protest enters its 10th and final day today Saturday, August 10, with no protesters sighted around major protest grounds in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

However, the city is flooded with security operatives, with the majority of the officers deployed from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

The protest, which began on Thursday, August 1, had large demonstrators in parts of the city namely the National Stadium, Berger, Eagle Square, Unity Fountain, and Nyanya axis of the city on the first and second days.

Observations by The ICIR team on the 10th day show that people are already back to their normal businesses, as the city remains under a security blanket.

In the Central Area, near the National Mosque, there were no protesters, but police officers were seen searching vehicles, and the road were barricaded, causing traffic.

There were also no protesters at the National Stadium but there was a heavy security presence. People were spotted moving in and out of the stadium for their sporting activities.

Meanwhile, one of the organisers of the protest and the National Coordinator of the Take It Back Movement, Sanyaolu Juwon, had said that today, being the tenth day and last day of the #EndBadGovernance protest was scheduled for a one million-man march in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“This event will mark a critical juncture in our nationwide EndBadGovernanceInNigeria campaign, which began on August 1, 2024. It started as a planned 10-day protest but has evolved into a sustained and widespread movement, drawing participants from every corner of Nigeria and the diaspora,” Juwon had said.

After President Bola Tinubu’s address to the nation on Sunday, August 4, the protest began to lose its steam in some states, as most people only took to social media to share the #EndBadGovernance hashtags.

The President boasted of some strides his administration had made in reforming Nigeria’s economy, despite the hardships many citizens continue to face, adding that the violent protests that erupted in many states would only set the country backwards.

The President’s speech however attracted reactions from Nigerians, including former Vice Presidential candidate Peter Obi, who expressed disappointment over the address, noting that it’s disconnected from the harsh realities faced by Nigerians.

The ICIR reported that the protest also lost its momentum after security operatives attacked protesters and journalists, launching several teargas to disperse them from the protest grounds.