Police Officers Use Water Cannon On Charly Boy, Deji Adeyanju & Other Protesters In Abuja

Some protesters seeking President Muhammadu Buhari’s resignation were reportedly injured on Tuesday in Abuja, after policemen fired tear gas canisters at them.

The protesters were demanding the return of President Muhammadu Buhari who had been on medical leave in London, the United Kingdom since May 2017.

One of the conveners of the protest, Deji Adeyanju, tweeted a video of their visit to a Silverbird Journalist and another wounded citizen at a clinic situated at the Federal Secretariat complex.

The coalition members were having their sit-out at the Millennium park opposite the Unity Fountain, Maitama, Abuja when the armed policemen fired tear gas canisters to disperse them.

The participants, however, braved the assault and continued with their meeting for about an hour.

The protesters who are members of about four civil society organizations were demanding that Buhari should return to the country or resign if he was incapacitated.

We just visited @Shalomttheo & the Silverbird journalists that were attacked & injured by the police. #ResumeOrResign

NO GOING BACK pic.twitter.com/nPRMuklqnn

— Adeyanju Deji 🇳🇬 (@adeyanjudeji) 8 August 2017

Over 120 policemen attacked about 10 of us. They used teargas, water cannon & dogs but there’s NO GOING BACK.

We continue tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/Dz2zAo7htZ

— Adeyanju Deji 🇳🇬 (@adeyanjudeji) 8 August 2017