According to Sahara Reporters, the Young people in Akure, Ondo State took to the street to protest cancellation of their annual festival by Governor Olusegun Mimiko over what they described as flimsy excuses by the governor.
The rioting started after heavily armed anti-riot police chased the youth from two venues where they had converged for the carnival.
The youths, claimed they had already taken permission from the State government through a written letter and there was no objection from them prior to today. Fuji Star Saheed Osupa was already in town to play at the festival as well as other guests who had come into town to celebrate with them. Continue to see more photos..
According to government officials, they stopped the youths from holding the carnival for fear of the event being hijacked by hoodlums or exposing the state to other security challenges such as an attack from the dreaded Boko Haram.
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