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The Nigeria Police Force has denied claims that its operatives fired unrecorded ammunition astatine protesters successful Abuja during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanu objection led by activistic and publisher, Omoyele Sowore.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this clarification portion speaking connected Channels Television’s Politics Today connected Monday night.
He said the constabulary lone utilized teardrop state to disperse protesters who attempted to breach restricted areas.
“I tin accidental it authoritatively that nary unrecorded ammunition was fired today. Not a azygous unrecorded ammunition,” Hundeyin said.
“It is casual for radical who are not acquainted with the dependable to mistake the firing of teargas for unrecorded ammunition. It makes the aforesaid popping, explosion-like sound. I tin accidental it connected bully authorization that nary unrecorded ammunition was shot.”
Hundeyin explained that the constabulary resorted to utilizing teardrop state lone aft the demonstrators ignored repeated warnings and attempted to determination into locations prohibited by a tribunal order.
“We made it wide that we were going to enforce this tribunal order. We gave capable informing to these radical to measurement backmost and not spell beyond wherever they were, but they were adamant and they were approaching these areas,” helium said.
According to the constabulary spokesperson, the officers acted successful enactment with established procedures to guarantee nationalist safety.
“We conscionable conformed to modular operating procedures and we decided to usage minimal force — force that is commensurate with the absorption we were getting,” helium added.
Monday’s protest, which took spot successful parts of Abuja, was organised by Sowore and different activists demanding the merchandise of Nnamdi Kanu, the person of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who remains successful custody contempt aggregate tribunal rulings ordering his release.
While videos circulating online showed protesters fleeing arsenic information operatives fired into the air, the constabulary person maintained that the sounds heard were from teardrop state canisters, not unrecorded bullets.
The station No unrecorded ammunition was fired astatine #FreeNnamdiKanu protesters — Police appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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