Despite a court order restricting protesters in the #EndBadGovernance protest to the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, security agencies on Saturday took measures to disperse them from the court-granted venue of the protest.
Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) and the police fired rounds of teargas at the protesters who had gathered at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.
The DSS operatives dressed in black with face masks arrived the stadium in several Toyota Sienna vans, and started shooting live rounds at the protesters.
Earlier, heavily armed police officers stationed at the main entrance of the stadium had fired tear gas canisters at the protesters.
This is after the police had used armoured and patrol vehicles to block the entrance of the stadium to stop the protesters from converging there.
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These actions are coming after the court had directed the protesters to restrict their movement and gathering to the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.
The protests, however, continue across the country, with smaller gatherings reported in Lagos, Benin City, and Port Harcourt.
Friday saw similar scenes in Abuja’s Berger roundabout area, where tear gas was also used to disperse protesters.
The demonstrations, though dwindling in numbers, persist in various parts of Nigeria, as citizens continue to demand change.
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