{"id":149088,"date":"2025-10-20T11:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=149088"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:10:10","slug":"breaking-security-operatives-fire-at-freennamdikanunow-protesters-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=149088","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Security operatives fire at #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Security operatives fire at #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters in Abuja<\/p>\n<p>A joint detachment of defence and security operatives has forcefully dispersed the Omoyele Sowore-led #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters in the Maitama Area of Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters, which included Sowore, Barr. Aloy Ejimakor and others had gathered around the Nigeria Communications Commission NCC headquarters in Maitama, chanting \u201cFree Nnamdi Kanu Now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They were also heard cautioning the police against teargassing them just before sounds of gunshots were heard, and they scampered to safety.(Vanguard)<\/p>\n<p>Details later\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Security operatives fire at #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters in Abuja A joint detachment of defence and security operatives has forcefully dispersed the Omoyele Sowore-led #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters in the Maitama Area of Abuja. The protesters, which included Sowore, Barr. Aloy Ejimakor and others had gathered around the Nigeria Communications Commission NCC headquarters in Maitama, chanting \u201cFree Nnamdi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":149089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2479,408,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-149088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-others","8":"tag-freennamdikanunow-protesters","9":"tag-abuja","10":"tag-defence-and-security-operatives"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Security operatives fire at #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters in Abuja - The Public Pulse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A joint detachment of defence and security operatives has forcefully dispersed the Omoyele Sowore-led #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=149088\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Security operatives fire at #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters in Abuja - The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A joint detachment of defence and security operatives has forcefully dispersed the Omoyele Sowore-led #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=149088\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-20T10:06:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-20T10:10:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/G3r7uH8XAAAofAC.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"458\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Njoku G. 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