Nigeria, June 12 -- Protesters under the #EndBadGovernance Movement gathered early Thursday morning at Awolowo Road, beside the Ikeja bridge in Lagos, to begin a protest marking Democracy Day.

The demonstrators began assembling as early as 7:30 a.m. to protest what they described as "the absence of genuine democracy in Nigeria and the hunger, hardship, and gross inequality" under President Bola Tinubu's two-year-old administration.

As of 8:53 a.m., the protesters had yet to commence their procession.

However, PREMIUM TIMES observed a heavy deployment of police and other security personnel around the protest site.

The protest comes amid tensions between the organisers and the Lagos State Police Command over security arrangements.

On T...