The protest, according to the organizers, is held to mark the 32nd year since the fateful June 12, 1993, presidential election, which they adjudged was won by the Social Democratic Party presidential candidate, Bashorun MKO Abiola.


Speaking with the newsmen, one of the organizers of the protest and Osun State Chairman for the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Emmanuel Olowu, said the peaceful protest is being held to press home some demands which the government has neglected over the years.


The demands, he said, include “good governance at all levels, free, fair and credible elections, non-negotiable adequate security, affordable and qualitative education, and payment of entitlements to MKO Abiola’s family.”


They also revealed that the protest would move on to Olaiya Junction and then terminate at the Adolak Event Centre along Gbongan-Ibadan Road, Osogbo.