By Oluwadara Akingbohungbe
Dozens of pro-democracy activists marched to the National Assembly in Abuja on Wednesday to demand the removal of Defense Minister Bello Matawalle.
Protesters at the compound chanted solidarity songs and held banners with various inscriptions such as “Sack Bello Matawalle now” and “Our defense budget is not enough in hand”, along with other banners.
Among other things, activists under the auspices of civil society advocacy groups for Accountability and Integrity also accused the Minister of so-called “romantic bandits”. responsible for loss of life and property worth billions of naira in the north of the country.
Speaking to journalists outside Parliament, the group’s leader, Danesi Momoh, called on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to put pressure on the President to remove Matawalle from office.
