Armed policemen in Abuja used tear gas to disperse youth protesting the killing of school children in Yobe state.
Protesting #YoboMassacre at Unity Fountain Abuja now! pic.twitter.com/jW2nicSNn7
— Gimba Kakanda (@gimbakakanda) February 27, 2014
About
50 youth gathered at the Unity Fountain Park in the central area of
Abuja in the morning of February 27, 2014, Thursday, to express their
outrage over the recent killing of students by Boko Haram in the
North-East.
The
youth were carrying placards and singing solidarity songs in what was
as yet a peaceful demonstration, when the police descended on them.
The police just tear-gassed and arrested us at Unity Fountain, Abuja. #YobeBornoMassacre pic.twitter.com/nuLPJORFFG
— Gimba Kakanda (@gimbakakanda) February 27, 2014
The
police confronted the youths, while beating some of the protesters,
they used tear gas and riot dispersal techniques to chase them out of
Unity Fountain, adjacent the Transcorp Hilton Hotel.
Godswill
Okoronkwo one of the protesters told Daily Trust that the protesters
came together through social media sites like Facebook, twitter and
Black Berry Chat.
He
said they were all outraged with the gruesome killing of innocent
school children in Yobe state and decided to come together and
demonstrate.
Another
protester in defiance to the presence of police men stationed around the
Unity Fountain displayed a placard with the message, “Bloody bread and butter of politics reason for continued insurgency.”Fortunately, all the arrested protesters have been released soon. The fear of social media prevailed:
@ayosogunro Arrested protesters have been released. The police have shown that they're afraid of the social media!
— Gimba Kakanda (@gimbakakanda) February 27, 2014
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