‘Hunger dey o’: Police tear-gas protesters in Abuja, thugs threaten in Lagos on day 2
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‘Hunger dey o’: Police teargas protesters in Abuja on day 2
As the #End-bad-governance nationwide protest enters its second day today, security agents are clashing with protesters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Also, in Lagos, thugs threatened to behead protesters and journalists as policemen looked on, while protesters were converging in the Federal Secretariat area in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
An activist, Zokira Ibeh, told Vanguard at their Ojota protest grounds: “We gathered here as early as 7 a.m. It was peaceful until about 20 thugs came in, raising tension.
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“They told me and a media person that they would behead us.
“It should be on record that the Police who are obligated to protect us as we go about the peaceful protest were present, while thugs were disrupting the protest.”
Meanwhile, in Ibadan, Oyo State, there seems to be calm so far in the metropolis, as businesses are opening.
‘Hunger dey o’
In Abuja, a detachment of fully-armed men of the Nigerian Police forcefully dispersed a group of protesters around the Berger Bridge in Abuja.
The protesters were chanting ‘Hunger dey oo, hunger dey ooo” (There’s hunger, there’s hunger), before the officers dispersed them forcefully, including using tear gas.
Some passers-by and motorists, who were caught off-guard, could be heard accusing the Police of high-handedness.
Follow live updates of the protests across the country HERE.
