The Take-It-Back Movement, a civil society organization, has claimed that its bank account with a major bank has been frozen on the orders of the Department of State Services (DSS).

According to the group, this action is a direct response to their involvement in the upcoming nationwide protest.

In a statement posted on their X account on Friday, the organization condemned the freeze as an unlawful act.

The group demanded that their account be reinstated within 24 hours or face legal action against the bank.

“It has now come to our attention that @UBAGroup has frozen our account on the instructions of the DSS over our involvement in the forthcoming protest.

“We describe this action as lawless, and demand our account be unfrozen immediately within the next 24hours, without which a legal action will be instituted against @UBAGroup,” the post read.

Former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, commented on the situation, labeling it a conspiracy against the Nigerian populace.

Naija News reports that Nigerians are organizing a nationwide protest from August 1 to August 10, 2024.

The protest, dubbed #EndBadGovernance, aims to address the issues of widespread hunger and inflation in the country.

Recall that the DSS on Thursday issued a stern warning against the planned nationwide protest aimed at addressing the economic hardships in the country.

In a press statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Dr Peter Afunanya, and made available to Vanguard, the DSS disclosed that it had identified the sponsors of the protest.