Building materials plaza, Jabi, Abuja shut after police fire tear gas at protesters, traders, customers

By Kingsley Omonobi

ABUJA — The fashionable Eda Building Materials Plaza successful the Jabi country of Abuja has been unopen down aft constabulary fired teardrop state to disperse protesters, leaving customers and traders caught successful the ensuing chaos.

The protesters, who were demanding the merchandise of the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, had converged successful the country chanting “Free Nnamdi Kanu” earlier constabulary officers arrived astatine the scene.

Eyewitnesses said officers fired aggregate teardrop state canisters into the plaza, incapable to separate betwixt protesters and traders, causing panic arsenic radical scrambled for safety. Several individuals reportedly sustained insignificant injuries.

The protest, which had earlier moved done the Berger and Utako areas, culminated astatine Jabi earlier the constabulary action. Before reaching Berger, the radical had initially gathered astir the Maitama country adjacent the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), wherever information operatives besides utilized teardrop state to disperse them.

Following the incident, the Eda Plaza absorption ordered an contiguous closure of concern activities to forestall further escalation.

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