A group known as Occupy Nigeria which was mobilising residents of Kaduna metropolis for what it described as the “mother of all rallies” scheduled to take place at the Murtala Square on Friday was dispersed by the police. The group was collecting signatures for protest against the recent removal of subsidy on fuel by the federal government at Murtala Square yesterday when the police stormed the place and dispersed them. But the Coordinator of the group, Tajudeen Oladoja, told journalists that they remained undaunted about the protest, declaring that Nigerians must not allow the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government to stand. According to him, this group is devoid of any political, religious or ethnic colouration “and we are here in our thousands to frontally attack the act of illegality which the President has committed by unjustly and unlawfully removing the fuel subsidy which has brought untold hardship on Nigerians. “It is a policy that should not be allowed to stay; a policy that we are going to fight with the last blood in our body. We have registered our names in thousands and we are working to stage the mother of all rallies at Murtala Square here in Kaduna on Friday and nobody under this planet can stop us. “We will not give in; we are not going to be violent; but we will achieve our aim. But the police want to make it rough. Our position is that we must return to status quo, we have to return to where we were before now which is N65 for PMS. Anything other than that will not be acceptable to us,” he declared. Also in his reaction on the removal of subsidy, another legal practitioner, Yahaya Mahmood a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) maintained that the Nigerians masses should not be allowed to suffer untold hardship for the inefficiency and greed of a few Nigerians. He said all those who followed the debates and argument for and against the removal of subsidy are convinced that the removal of the subsidy is the government’s best option for various reasons. “First, Nigerians shouldn’t be made to suffer for few individuals and body’s inefficiency and greed. Secondly, with our level of poverty and unemployment the increase will compound security challenges. Thirdly, the government has not done anything to cushion the effects – 100 per cent increase in price of fuel means 100 per cent rise in the price of goods and services. “Finally to avoid problems for the Federal Government and the country two things should be considered. Reduce the increase to maximum of N80 per litre and cut allowances of political office holders and reduce unnecessary expenditure and wastages,” he said.