 And following threats posed by the nationwide Democracy Day protest, fears of possible attacks and other related events have kept most residents of Benin City, the capital of Edo state, indoors. At Akbakpava Road, Ikboba Slope, Third East Secular Road and other major areas, some shop owners and private business operators left their premises under lock and key. Meanwhile, protesters who converged on the King Square Ring Road, who were earlier dispersed by security officers, returned in a procession through Benin Airport Road with a plan of visiting the state government house, the state police command headquarters and the Nigerian Union of Journalists.