Barely 24 hours after Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetoku, demanded the list of sponsors of August 1, 2024 hardship protest from prospective protesters, Mr Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has responded.

In his verified X handle, Charly Boy, also known as Area Fada, listed 40 triggers for the protest whom he called sponsors.

Part of the sponsors identified by Charly Boy include: Hunger, Inflation, Fuel pump price, Minimum wage, Power or no light,  Bad roads, Budget padding, INEC rigging of election with impunity. He urged the government to tackle these challenges and there will be no protest. Below is his tweet:

Protest dey come

 Instead of you to tell Tinubu to step down, you’re busy looking for sponsors of the protest. Oga let me give you names of the sponsors. 1. Hunger 2. Inflation 3. Fuel pump price 4. Minimum wage 5. Power or no light 6. Bad roads 7. Budget padding 8. INEC rigging of election with impunity 9. Highest cost of Governance 10. Highest bidder appointments 11. Excessive borrowings for looting 12. Crude oil theft 13. Non functional refineries 14. Excess electricity tariff 15. Excessive bank charges 16. Resource control 17. 1999 constitution 18. No restructuring 19. Consumption instead of production 20. Arable farmland without subsidized mechanized farming equipment 21. Breakdown of law and order 22. Injustice at the courts 23. Failed civil service system 24. Non functional educational system 25. Japa syndrome 26. Corruption 27. Unaccountability of public office holders 28. Poor road networks 29. Worst housing Program 30. Non real estate funding 31. Interest rates for entrepreneurs 32. Devastating economic policies 33. Looting and lootocracy 34. Growing division amongst ethnic groups 35. Naira devaluation 36. Poverty 37. Non support for local manufacturers and local contents 38. Highest import duties ever 39. Underfunded army and police 40. Salaries and pension delays.

We’re not begging for power because power belongs to the people and we the people are here to say enough is enough. Tackle these things and see if anyone will think of protesting. Nonsense. Dia fathers.