Police Disperse, Teargas Obi's One-Million March supporters In Ebonyi
AFNews Reporter
Sep 17, 2022
Supporters of OBI-dient movement has been reportedly dispersed by the The Police in Ebonyi State on Saturday during Abakaliki one-million-march for the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
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According to PUNCH, Obi' supporters had gathered at the Pastoral Centre in thye city from which they commenced the movement, but where teargased and dispersed by the police.
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The incident caused both human and vehicular traffic on the popular Old Enugu Road, in the capital city, on Saturday morning.
One of the supporters, Steve Ugama, said aside dispersing and tear-gassing the supporters, about five of his colleagues have been arrested by the police.
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He said, "This is inhuman and undemocratic. We have gathered here this morning for our peaceful March, all of a sudden, the police came and started tear-gassing us and arresting our people.
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"They said we can't hold the march, because Governor David Umahi asked them to stop us, that we can't hold it. About four or our colleague have been arrested. We need help here."
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