Breaking: Security Agents Lockdown Abuja To Halt #RevolutionNow Protest
Security agents have put Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, under partial lockdown to stop a scheduled protest by #RevolutionNow led by Omoyele Sowore. Early this morning (Tuesday), a combined team of police, army, air force and some paramilitary personnel was deployed to the streets of Abuja, thus, preventing the protesters from converging. Supreme reports that #RevolutionNow […]
Security agents have put Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, under partial lockdown to stop a scheduled protest by #RevolutionNow led by Omoyele Sowore.
Early this morning (Tuesday), a combined team of police, army, air force and some paramilitary personnel was deployed to the streets of Abuja, thus, preventing the protesters from converging.
Supreme reports that #RevolutionNow group had scheduled a protest for today against ‘bad governance’ at the Unity Fountain at Maitama district in Abuja.
The leader of the group, Omoyele Sowore, tweeting via @YeleSowore, said:
“Police, army and airforce put Abuja in lockdown to frustrate #RevolutionNow.
“Police attack #RevolutionNow members at Unity Fountain in Abuja, protesters arrested and are being brutalized.”
Source: Prompt News
