Leader of #RevolutionNow, Mr Omoyele Sowore, was this morning reportedly shot in Abuja by a Police woman. Sowore was addressing some of his supporters at the Unity Fountain along Shehu Shagari Road when the incident happened.
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The activist and a former Presidential candidate in the 2019 election was rushed to the hospital after he was shot in his upper limb. Many of the people who gathered at the scene fled in different directions after the incident.
Inibehe Effiong, one of Sowore’s lawyers, had said that the officer fired a teargas cannister directly at the right thigh of the activist.
“The criminal officer is said to be CSP Atine. I watched Sowore being shot live on Facebook.”
“This is what Nigeria has been turned into under Buhari. They’ve declared war on the Civic Space.
“The FCT Police Commissioner has fenced the Unity Fountain with iron and cables to prevent protests.
This is a criminal offence under the Anti-Torture Act of 2017.”
Sowore has reportedly been taken to the hospital.
