{"id":141608,"date":"2024-08-01T11:15:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsdigest.ng\/?p=141608"},"modified":"2024-08-01T11:15:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:15:35","slug":"police-use-tear-gas-on-protesters-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=141608","title":{"rendered":"Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Police in Abuja deployed tear gas against protesters at the Federal Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Despite police instructions to relocate the protest to the M.K.O Abiola Stadium, demonstrators continued their rally in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">As the tear gas was released, bystanders sought shelter to avoid the dispersal efforts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">According to reports the FCT Police Commissioner Benneth Igwe and his team were present in the vicinity before the tear gas was used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Earlier, Commissioner Igwe had warned that failure to move the protest to the designated stadium area would result in consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Abuja deployed tear gas against protesters at the Federal Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory. 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