A young Nigerian who joined the #FearlessInOctober protest currently ongoing in Lagos has questioned the rationale behind the detention of several protesters under President Bola Tinubu's government.

The unidentified protester, who spoke in an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday, October 1, said he was inspired to protest by President Bola Tinubu when the All Progressives Congress (APC) was the largest opposition party.

According to him, he was emboldened to speak truth to power after participating in several protests organized and led by Tinubu during President Goodluck Jonathan's era.

He said the suffering of Nigerians has even affected the viewership of the popular reality show, Big Brother Nigeria.

"Our politicians have failed us and that is why we are here out in our numbers and share our grievances. Today we are asking why journalists can't do their work completely when we have a president like Asiwaju Bola Tinubu himself as President. He is the chief of protesters, he taught me how to protest and gave me the boldness to speak confidently to the Nigerian government," he said.

"If Tinubu can hear me today, he should know that he gave me the boldness to speak to authorities without fear so why is all this happening today when he is in power?"

"Before this time last year, Big Brother was trending would have been trending everywhere in Nigeria I was asking yesterday night if it even holding. Nigeria's youth don't even care about Big Brother."

Thousands of Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday, Octobe 1 joined the #FearlessInOctober protest against hardships and poverty that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has unleashed on them.

In photos of the protests, SaharaReporters observed that the protesters chanted “We are hungry” as they marched on the roads.

Some of the banners they displayed are; “Bad Governance has ended the dreams of Nigerian youths, end it now” “Enough is Enough – Revolution Now.”
“We are buying fuel N1000 and you expect us not to come out and protest. What are we saying – we are hungry,” one of the protesters said.