Nigerians Mark Annual Democracy Day With Protests 

ABUJA, NIGERIA - Protesters hit Nigeria's streets Saturday to say democracy is under threat from rising insecurity and bad governance. 

The Democracy Day demonstrations came as President Muhammadu Buhari has been struggling to control terrorism, criminal abductions and separatist movements. Last week, Buhari suspended Twitter after it deleted a controversial tweet of his. Protesters blasted the act as a dictatorial punishment against free expression. The protests started early Saturday across many Nigerian states, including Abuja, Lagos, Oyo, Ondo and Port Harcourt. The protesters were holding placards marked #Buharimustgo and demanding an end to insecurity and what they called systemic oppression.