Take It Back Movement Declares June 12 National Day Of Protest Against Tyranny Under Tinubu Govt

Take It Back Movement declares June 12 as national day of protest. According to the organization National coordinator, Comrade Juwon Sanyaolu in a letter, he said:

Across the federation, the signs of democratic collapse are unmistakable. Democracy which was won through struggle, sweat, and blood has been dismantled by the very forces that once promised change. Nigeria stands today not as a democratic nation, but as a country at war with its own people.

Freedom of speech is under attack. The state has turned on its citizens with an unrelenting campaign of intimidation and censorship. Journalists are harassed. Activists are detained. Citizens are arrested for social media posts. Through weaponization of the cybercrime Act, government agents now stalk the digital footprints of dissenters, silencing legitimate criticism and criminalizing free expression.

Even more alarming is the escalating assault on the right to protest. Peaceful assembly, a cornerstone of any democratic society, has become synonymous to treasonable felony under the government of Tinubu.

Protesters demanding better governance are met with brute repression, arbitrary detentions, and sometimes death. From university campuses to labor rallies, the Nigerian state has responded not with dialogue, but with repression and violence.

And while the voices in the streets are silenced, the cries from rural communities echo unheard. In Plateau, Benue, Southern Kaduna, and across the Middle Belt, mass killings continue with terrifying frequency. Whole communities are decimated. Lives are snuffed out without consequences. Internally displaced persons multiply, while perpetrators roam free. The bloodletting has become a routine, and the state remains complicit, through its inaction, negligence, or outright denial. This is not a democracy. This is organized cruelty.

As we mark June 12, we reject the hollow ceremonies and official pageantry. We will not participate in the hypocrisy of celebrating freedom where none exists. Instead, we declare this day a national day of resistance, a day to stand against tyranny, and bad governance.

We call on all Nigerians, youth, students, workers, civil society, market women, artisans, and patriots at home and in the diaspora, to rise in defense of our rights.

This June 12, we march not just for ourselves, but for the slain in Benue, the displaced in Plateau, the silenced in detention, and the starving masses abandoned by a corrupt elite.