Group threatens legal action against protesters who occupied its Abuja headquarters

The City Boy Movement, a group advocating for President Bola Tinubu's second term, has vowed to pursue legal action against protesters who occupied its Abuja headquarters. The movement claims to possess video footage of the demonstration, which it intends to submit to security agencies as evidence.

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The City Boy Movement wishes to be very clear about something else. In video footage from today’s incident, one of the individuals present was heard calling for our property to be set on fire. That is not protest. That is a threat of arson.

O’Tega Ogra, the Deputy Director-General of City Boy Movement, stated that the protesters' actions, including alleged threats of arson, were not genuine advocacy but "bad politics." He emphasized that the movement would "pursue this matter to the fullest extent of the law."

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The footage has been preserved and will be made available to the relevant security and law enforcement agencies. Anyone involved should be in no doubt: we will pursue this matter to the fullest extent of the law.

The protest, part of a broader day of action called by civil society organizations, trade unions, and other groups, aimed to highlight the country's escalating insecurity and economic challenges. Demonstrators demanded immediate government intervention or President Tinubu's resignation.

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So when people show up at our gate, on a day like this, pretending nothing is being done, we know exactly what we are looking at. That is not concern. That is politics. And bad politics at that.

Ogra, however, defended the Tinubu administration's efforts, citing the president's recent address challenging bandits and the sentencing of individuals involved in the Owo church attack. He argued that the protesters were ignoring these government actions, framing their demonstration as politically motivated rather than a genuine expression of concern.

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