Officers of the Rivers state police command fired tear gas
at protesters on Monday morning.
The protesters had converged on the Isaac Boro Park in Port
Harcourt to rail against the emergency rule in Rivers and the alleged misuse of
the cybercrime act by the police.
The demonstrators, who are members of the ‘Take It Back
Movement’, had arrived at the protest venue as early as 9am when police
officers showed up to send them scurrying in different directions.
“We are Rivers people, nobody can tell us where not to
gather,” one of the protesters yelled at the officers.
Some members of the group claimed that they had informed the
police command of their intention to stage the demonstration in a letter dated
April 3, 2025.
Some of the protesters, including journalists covering the
event, were beaten up by the officers.
The protest comes weeks after Siminalayi Fubara, governor of
Rivers, was suspended after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency
in the state over political instability.
Similar protests are being staged in Lagos, Abuja and in a
handful of capital cities across the country.
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