Nigeria — Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters rallying against the cost of living in the northern city of Kano and in Abuja, AFP correspondents at the scene said.
Dear @PoliceNG, your men are shotting teargas at protesters around the federal secretariat in Abuja. Keep to the rules do not trigger violence in Nigeria this is peaceful protest not war.#EndBadGovernaceInNigeria #EndBadGovernaceProtest #protest24 pic.twitter.com/KtRLTL9AQ5
— Peter Obi Grassroots Mobilization. (@PO_GrassRootM) August 1, 2024
In Kano, protesters tried to light bonfires outside the governor’s office and police responded with tear gas, driving many of the protesters back, an AFP reporter said. Police also fired tear gas on the outskirts of the capital Abuja.
Protest have already started in various part of the country like abuja, kano, Lagos and port harcourt. Hunger brought us out says Nigerians
South East “Lekki Toll Gate” #BBNaija Ojota “Rivers State “First Lady” #ikeja Bomb #bbnaijaS9 #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria “MTN network pic.twitter.com/sjK9aOlRFn
— Baby Face (@Babyf263) August 1, 2024
JUST IN: Kano Protesters have Taken Over a Major Street In Kano#EndBadGovernanceProtest #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria
— Nigeria Stories (@NigeriaStories) August 1, 2024
#HARDSHIP: Security operatives watching as protesters vandalised billboard at Kabuga flyover, Kano pic.twitter.com/sPC26iKywd
— Premium Times (@PremiumTimesng) August 1, 2024
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