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#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: Woman collapses after police fire tear gas at Abuja protesters

The police in Abuja, like in many other parts of Nigeria, have made it a habit to disrupt peaceful protests with tear gas.

by Abdulkareem Mojeed,Emmanuel Agbo

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A female protester collapsed in Abuja on Friday after police officers fired tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters at the MKO Abiola Stadium.

The protesters dispersed after the police fired multiple rounds of tear gas at them. However, two sturdy protesters stayed back, defied the health hazard of the tear gas and called for help for the young woman who collapsed.

The woman has been taken to the hospital for treatment.

The police in Abuja, like in many other parts of Nigeria, have made it a habit to disrupt peaceful protests with tear gas without concern for the health implications of such.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the police repeatedly used tear gas to disperse protesters in Abuja, on Thursday and Friday. However, the protesters regrouped each time and have vowed to continue their daily protest as part of the 10 days of rage called by the organisers.


How it happened

At about 5:00 p.m on Friday, the peaceful demonstrators, who were moving and chanting to the rhythm of the music from a moving van, were suddenly surrounded by the police officers in front and behind, leaving the protesters in the centre of the road behind the stadium.

The well kitted policemen suddenly fired multiple rounds of tear gas at the protesting crowd and the journalists covering the protest.

Some of the protesters and journalists fell into the roadside drainage channel, in an attempt to escape the tear gas.

Several protesters sustained injuries from the commotion, and shortly afterward, the young woman slumped on the grassy sidewalk of the stadium’s fence.

“This is Abuja, we will show them ( protesters) what we are made of,” PREMIUM TIMES heard one of the police officers say.

The security officials eventually moved away from the scene, while some protesters were seen calling for help from passersby.

After the incident, PREMIUM TIMES observed that the protesters could not regroup to continue the protest. At about 6:00 pm , only heavily armed police officers were seen by the main entrance to the MKO Abiola Stadium.

Today’s protests marked the second day of what the protest organisers christened the “#10daysofrage” demonstration. Their demands include the reintroduction of petrol subsidies and reduction in the salaries and allowances of public officials.

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Peaceful protest but police wan turn the whole thing to something else.....

Same thing happened here in Ughelli yesterday,but if not for the quick intervention of the soldiers around that warned the policemen to stop their rubbish,I believed the protest would have turned to a full fledged crisis yesterday and it'd have emanated from Ughelli just like the way the ENDSARS did...

Abeg ooo...

That tear gas dey choke person no be here ooo....

So sorry for her, Yoruba Muslims are the cause of all this nonsense

But Ngozi why naw, igbos are not protesting, what is she doing there

Pour water on her. She will wake up.

agulion:
So sorry for her, Yoruba Muslims are the cause of all this nonsense

Arewa says it's the Ibos.

The Nigeria Police should take it easy with women.

What are they still doing at the stadium at 5pm? They want to sleep there or what? All protesters should go home latest by 4pm and resume the following day.

Considering how protesters have been looting and destroying properties in the north and even in some places like Lugbe and Kurudu in Abuja, it’s only reasonable for Police not to allow the protesters stay till very late in the night inside the stadium. They can come out in the midnight to start attacking and harassing motorists and passersby.

I really hope this doesn't end up being violent

Because, this will definitely push the government to yield more power.

dre11:
#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: Woman collapses after police fire tear gas at Abuja protesters


The police in Abuja, like in many other parts of Nigeria, have made it a habit to disrupt peaceful protests with tear gas.




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Passiveseyi:
I really hope this doesn't end up being violent

Because, this will definitely push the government to yield more power.

The armed forces would eventually be brought after a nationwide curfew as desired by the North.

Give , give me, It is my turn.....

Now you have become the fastest man in the world to run down a country

There's something I don't understand,why Nigeria is 63 but Nigeria president is 95 years old.

Another day, another protest causing chaos.

Why do they always resort to violence and disruption? It’s like they thrive on creating havoc instead of finding real solutions.

This is what happens when misled protesters refuse to see reason. They are only creating chaos and putting innocent lives at risk. The police are just doing their job to maintain order, yet the protesters act as if they are above the law.

Sonnobax15:

Peaceful protest but police wan turn the whole thing to something else.....

Same thing happened here in Ughelli yesterday,but if not for the quick intervention of the soldiers around that warned the policemen to stop their rubbish,I believed the protest would have turned to a full fledged crisis yesterday and it'd have emanated from Ughelli just like the way the ENDSARS did...

I saw the protest from that end live and was impressed.

Na housefly dey follow dead body enter grave. No street demonstration is permitted in Abuja. Enter MKO Abiola stadium and protest, do your singing and chanting in the stadium and leave our streets. Why are some people so stubborn?.

-Kiss the truth!

Tinubu really fall sensible Yorubas hand including me. Cmon!! He's not living on any legacy of awolowo. He's an imposter. Obayeje ni Tinubu

Na wa o, this one don pass joke.

If dem no fit handle their wahala without causing harm, wetin dem dey find for street?

Abuja no be place for nonsense, make everybody go house.

As them no want press coverage again, the police and military would start killing peaceful protesters. We all know Tinubu lives off the blood of struggling Nigerians.

Goodvibes007:
Pour water on her. She will wake up.

Nigerians and this our pour water solution 😂
E dey work shaa

If u are asmathic avoid this protest

Nigerian police is doing everything possible to hijack this peaceful protest, they are waiting for people to go rioting so they can unleash hell, but no he today, sane Nigerians will continue to conduct themselves peacefully and reject the temptation and trap the Nigeria police dey set

Very anyhow unprofessional entity

COMRADES, what kind of nonsense is this? When will the ill-trained Nigerian police stop this madness?

princepeter566:
There's something I don't understand,why Nigeria is 63 but Nigeria president is 95 years old.

typical Igbo

So tinubu is 95?

It's disheartening to see some people putting their lives at risk for what? A protest that only breeds chaos and disorder? Those who think tear gas is the solution to their misguided demands are simply fueling their own downfall. Instead of seeking peace, they choose to escalate tensions.

Ok