Nigeria: #RevolutionNow - Buhari's Aide Says Protesters 'Bunch of People Trying to Be Funny'

The spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has berated efforts of young Nigerians who came out on Wednesday to protest against the unchecked level of insecurity and corruption in the country.

Using the #RevolutionNow tag, scores of protesters, especially the youth, in at least five states across the country, took to the streets to call out the Buhari-led administration on the country's growing debt profile, insurgency, unemployment and other anomalies that are gradually becoming norms in the country.

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