Politics
ONE person was injured on Tuesday, August 7, in Abuja when policemen fired tear gas canisters at protesters demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari resumes or resigns if incapable of continuing in office as president. Buhari has been on medical leave in London, United Kingdom since May 2017 for medical treatment of undisclosed ailment.
The wounded protester was taken to a clinic at the Federal Secretariat complex, a few kilometres from the scene of the incident.
Reports had it that the protesters were observing their sit-out at the Millennium park opposite the Unity Fountain, Maitama, Abuja when the armed policemen fired tear gas canisters to disperse them.
But the protesters were not deterred by the police and continued with their meeting when the police suddenly shot a tear gas canister that got one of them wounded.
Aug 8, 2017 @ 16:55 GMT
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