A protester from the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria movement in Abuja reported that police shot directly at them while he was holding the Nigerian flag during the protest on Friday....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
The victim in a video obtained by SaharaReporters on Friday stated that the police barricaded, attacked and shot at several protesters, near the National Hospital in FCT.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!He explained that the police came and started hitting them with iron and big woods, noting that they had to run into the bushes for their lives.
He said, “We went for our protest this morning, as usual, demanding for good governance. Then we made a position towards the National Hospital, the police barricaded us, attacked and shot at us several times. We ran back, all scattered and moved towards the National Stadium.
The protesters were confronted with live ammunition and fled into the bush. They regrouped at the National Stadium to take attendance and check for missing individuals, during which Muslims performed their prayers and the group sang the national anthem.
The police deployed tear gas at the protesters, who were at the approved location, the National Stadium. Despite kneeling and pleading, one policeman shot directly at the speaker from a distance of 15 to 20 feet while they were holding a Nigerian flag.
The speaker was shot in the forehead, lost consciousness, and when they regained awareness, they were breathing heavily and lying flat. Despite narrowly escaping death, they were then shot at while lying on the ground.
They came and started hitting us with iron and big woods, we had to run into the bushes for our lives, thank God I’m able to find my way back to a place that I know.
Don’t we have the right to protest anymore? We are Nigerians. Why are we being treated as if we are criminals, even the criminals cannot be treated this way? It’s a pity, we have to find ourselves this way.”
