Police have reportedly fired teargas canisters at Omoyele Sowore and his group who showed up at the Unity Fountain in Abuja for a protest in the early hours of Monday.
It was gathered that Sowore, the convener of Revolution Now, reportedly sustained injuries and has been rushed to hospital for medical treatment.
Popular lawyer and right activist, Inibehe Effiong, confirmed the development on his Twitter.@RidwanAjayi_]
“@YeleSowore has just been shot by a female police officer at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.
“The criminal officer is said to be an ACP. I watched Sowore being shot live on Facebook.
“This is what Nigeria has been turned into under Buhari. They’ve declared war on the Civic Space,” the lawyer wrote.
However, speaking on the development, the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, (FCT) Abuja, CP Bala Ciroma denied reports that social activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore was shot by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police’ at the Unity Fountain.
It dismissed the reports as false and fake news.
Spokesperson of the Command ASP Mariam Yusuf, in a statement, clarified: “Contrary to the speculation, Police operatives professionally restored calm at the Unity Fountain following attempts by a group of protesters to incite public disturbance.”
“The protesters who went on the rampage were resisted by Police Operatives in order to prevent them from causing a breakdown of law and order. There is no record of such incident as at the time of this release.”
The Command enjoined residents to remain calm and law-abiding while reaffirming its commitment towards the protection of lives and property within the Federal Capital Territory.
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