Sowore Injured After Being Hit By Police Tear Gas Canister In Abuja

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3 years ago

May 31, 2021

Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, has been shot by a police officer.

Sowore, who confirmed the incident on his Twitter page, said he was shot at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.

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Gwg gathered that the female police officer fired teargas cannister at Sowore on Monday.

Sowore was shot at by the police at the Unity Fountain while he was trying to gain entrance into the place.

Sowore was said to have been speaking with a detachment of police officers stationed at the public facility when an officer shot at the crowd.

Protesters had converged on the fountain at 8:30am. But the police allegedly denied them entry into the facility.

The political activist who had gathered with others at the Unity Fountain for a protest has been rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.

Sowore wrote, “Just been shot by a police officer, ACP Atine at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.

“#RevolutionNow Let the struggle continue even if they take my life! #BuhariMustGo”