Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, has declared that the #FearlessInOctober protest will commence on October 1, irrespective of his personal involvement.

Sowore made this known on Monday morning when he appeared on News Central TV.

He also emphasized that the protests will not cease until the government addresses the demands of the protesters.

He said: “And I want to make it clear here whether I participate or not and I am addressing our security people, it is going to happen. Just like the one in August, I was not here and it happened.

“Even in 2019, the protest that I was arrested for – #RevolutionNow – happened even though I was arrested two days before the protest. So nobody can stop it.

“I only know that it will start on October 1, I don’t know when it will end. Nigerians are tired of suffering. Did you know that in 2023 in France, French workers protested for six months non-stop? So why the complaint about the two months (the gap between #EndBadGovernance and #FearlessInOctober protests) when there is still hunger, starvation and corruption?

“People are even complaining that we should not announce the date, that it should happen spontaneously.”

Sowore went on to encourage that anyone can also start the #FearlessInOctober protests before the planned October 1 date, “And we said to anybody who feels that he is cheated or feels the burden of bad governance, they can’t buy gasoline, they can’t pay their band A or whichever band they put for electricity, they can’t pay school fees, and they feel strangled by the government, either by economic policies or political policies.

“If you feel any of these, you are at liberty to start whenever you want. But as an organisation that I am part of, this is how we always protest since I have been engaging in civil advocacy to bring about social change.

“I have never been engaged in a protest that is not peaceful. When a protest is announced and people are ready to march, it is already known that it is peaceful.”

He, however, asked if the government would “allow the citizens to freely express themselves”.

“You should ask government; it is the police that kill people. The protesters did not kill themselves. It is the police,” Sowore added.