A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani has slammed protesters in northern Nigeria over the fuel subsidy removal and alleged anti-poor policies of President Bola Tinubu-led federal government.
Senator Sani who took to his Twitter handle to discuss the protest in Kano State, recalled how protests in the north under President Muhammadu Buhari regime was perceived as a taboo because he was seen as "our own".
SaharaReporters reported that hundreds of members of organised labour - Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Kano State trooped out to join the nationwide protest to demand government reversal of all anti-people policies, fuel subsidy removal and naira devaluation among others.
Reacting in a tweet posted on his Twitter handle, Senator Sani, a critic of the former president, wrote: "Under Buhari, protest was a taboo in the North because “he is our own”.
"Subsidy and EndSARS protest was violently countered by sponsored Thugs. Now I saw protesters with placards in Kano."