By Sydney Usman Godwin
- Protests would challenge the regime’s authority and highlight its governance failures.
- Widespread public participation could threaten the regime’s stability and political power.
- Protests would expose corruption within the regime and erode its public support.
- The regime may fear that protests could spark wider uprising.
- International attention on the protests could damage the regime’s reputation and invite external pressure for change.
- The regime may worry that protests could unite opposition forces against it.
- It sees the protests as a direct threat to its control and influence.
- The regime might fear that protests could lead to demands for accountability and reforms that it is unwilling to make.
- Protests could disrupt the regime’s economic and political agenda, causing instability.
- Lastly, the regime may view the protests as a challenge to its authoritarian tendencies and resist any form of public dissent that threatens its grip on power.
