June 12: Pro-Buhari groups get smooth sail to Unity Fountain
…as pro-Buhari protesters say they were promised N1,000 each. By Our Reporter ABUJA – As pro-democracy protesters were being brutalised, some youths who gathered in solidarity with Buhari were later granted access to the heavily guarded Unity Fountain for a rally. The youth, some of whom wore T-shirts with inscriptions such as “I am for Buhari” and “I stand with Buhari,” were conveyed to the venue in buses and cars, as others were seen with machetes and sticks chanting, “Sai Buhari! Sai Baba!” One of the youth leaders, Yunusa Yusuf of the All Progressives Congress Grassroots Forum, in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, said, “We are gathered at this solidarity march in celebration of Democracy Day and to show our support for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. “As we stand here today, we can boldly and proudly say that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has done more than any administration since the return to democracy in 1999.” Also, the National President, Youth Coalition for Development, Aminu Aminu, claimed that only mischief-makers were protesting against the present regime. We were promised N1,000 …
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