Nollywood actress and media personality, Toke Makinwa, has criticized those exploiting the ongoing nationwide protest to damage and vandalize properties of fellow Nigerians.
Nigerians took to the streets on Thursday to protest against the severe hardships in the country. However, some hoodlums reportedly used the peaceful protest as an opportunity to loot government and private properties in certain areas.
In response, the media personnel expressed her disapproval on her X handle Thursday evening, stating that such actions are unnecessary.
She emphasized that the people whose properties are being looted are also experiencing the same hardships.
“Destroying properties and stealing from your fellow Nigerians who are passing through the same hardship is not right at all. This is very sad,” she wrote.
While responding to a critic, she clarified that her tweet did not imply that the protesters were committing the crimes.
She wrote, “I did not say the stealing and vandalism was done by protesters, the people who have their things stolen are Nigerians too, going through the same hardship. What have they done to deserve this?”