The convener of the Take it Again Motion, Omoyele Sowore, has slammed the police authorities throughout the nation over the therapy of protesters in the course of the demonstration on Monday.
Naija Information experiences that the Nigeria Police Drive (NPF) had requested the protest organisers to shelve it, citing the celebration of the Nationwide Police Day.
Nonetheless, the protesters ignored the warning of the police and took to the streets to register their displeasure over a few of the insurance policies of the Federal Authorities.
In Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, the state of affairs turned feisty as cops reportedly beat up a few of the protesters and fired tear fuel in a bid to disperse them.
In an interview on Channels Tv’s Politics Right this moment on Monday, Sowore, whereas expressing displeasure over the therapy meted out to a few of the demonstrators and requires the halting of the protest, flayed the police, describing their motion as disrespect for human rights.
Sowore, the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Motion Congress (AAC), claimed that the protesters had been attacked unprovoked and that the police had been illiberal.
He stated, “Right this moment was the day the police must have confirmed that it is a police for the folks. If there was knowledgeable check that could possibly be carried out, it’s what we did in the present day, they usually failed terribly at it.
“Have a look at how they carried out in the present day – woefully once more. They attacked us unprovoked. They’re illiberal. They don’t have any respect for human rights. There have been three individuals arrested in the present day – certainly one of them a journalist. They had been made to lie down in a drainage. They fired tear fuel at them. They beat them foolish with the planks connected to their placards.”
