BREAKING: Heavy Protest Rocks Presidential Tribunal [PHOTOS]

Protesters storm presidential Tribunal

Protesters on Monday, besieged the premises of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the venue of the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal session.

Daily Report Nigeria reports that the protesters stormed the court premises to demand justice from the Tribunal and the “restoration of their stolen mandate” from the controversial February 25 presidential election.

They displayed placards bearing inscriptions such as “INEC, Let Nigeria Win,” “Nigerians Not For Sale. #We Fight for Justice,” “A Fraudulent Election Cannot Produce a Credible Leader,” “President Muhammadu Buhari. #Keep Your Promise,” “#Occupy INEC Now,” “We Stand for Justice. We Fight for a New Nigeria,” and “Buhari, Mr. Integrity, Sack Mahmood Now.”

The protesters under the auspices of the #Free Nigeria Movement chanted solidarity slogans and songs as they demanded justice and transparency in the legal proceedings taking place at the tribunal.

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Convener of the group, Dr. Moses Paul, said the group is not affiliated to a particular political party, but for solidarity with the Nigerian people while seeking to defend justice and good governance.

He said, “We are standing here and decisions are being made right now inside the Appeal Court, we are demanding for the right thing to be done.

“Any judge that decides to collect money or decides not to follow the constitution of Nigeria, any judge that decides to do the wrong thing so that Nigeria can go down, e no go better for una!

“The entire Africa and the world is waiting for us to show dignity, honestly, direction and leadership because until Nigeria takes its seat in the comity of nations, Africa is going nowhere, we cannot watch our nation degrade to nothing when the world is watching and waiting for us.”