Nigerian police operatives have attacked some of the Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, who on Tuesday morning joined the #FearlessInOctober protest against hardships and poverty.
The policemen were seen shooting teargas canisters and ammunition at the protesters who were peacefully demonstrating against the hardship that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has unleashed on them.
Videos emerged of the protesters scampering for safety in areas believed to be Jabi, Utako environs of the FCT.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that thousands of Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday morning joined the #FearlessInOctober protest.
In photos of the protests, SaharaReporters observed that the protesters chanted “We are hungry” as they marched on the roads.
Some of the banners they displayed are; “Bad Governance has ended the dreams of Nigerian youths, end it now” “Enough is Enough – Revolution Now.”
“We are buying fuel N1000 and you expect us not to come out and protest. What are we saying – we are hungry,” one of the protesters said.
Human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Comrade Omoyele Sowore, had invited Nigerians across the country to join him in the October 1st protest against hardships, privations, hunger, unemployment, insecurity, and poverty that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has unleashed on Nigerians.
Sowore, who made the call in a post on Monday evening, vowed that he could not be silent or indifferent, in the face of the sufferings and privations that the Nigerian people are going through, noting that he will be on the streets of Nigeria to join with other Nigerians in protesting the hardships.
According to him, protests or revolts are the only tool that a people have to voice their opposition to the anti-people policies of their government, adding that it is a right that is enshrined in everyone’s gene.
Reminding Nigerians that he has spent five of the last 6 years either in prison, detention, or confinement by the All Progressives Congresss-led government, under trumped up treason charges that they were forced to withdraw, Sowore vowed that he will not relent until “our point- by-point by demands are met”.
Credit: Sahara Reporters
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