Several anti-hardship demonstrators in Abuja are feared injured after the police reportedly used force to disperse them as the August protests entered the second day on Friday.
The protesters had reportedly ignored warnings by the combat-ready policemen not to continue the protests.
Pointblanknews.com gathered that the policemen intercepted the protesters just after the National Hospital area, and dispersed them with teargas and live ammunition.
Five injured protesters, in separate interviews with journalists, condemned the police for their actions.
Meanwhile, the anti-hunger protesters re-assembled at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
This happened a few minutes after the protesters and journalists were tear-gassed at the popular Berger roundabout.
Upon arriving at the stadium, the demonstrators chorused that they would not back down until the Federal Government met their demands.
One of them identified as Tari decried the actions of the overzealous police officers.
She said they would not stop the demonstrations, and no level of intimidation and harassment by the police would deter them from the mass protests.
“The police must explain to us why they are harassing us. There is hunger in the land. We remain resolute, we will remain on the streets unless the President listens to us”, Tari said.
Also speaking, Michael Zayi, said they were peaceful protesters, stressing that President Bola Tinubu was not a listening leader.
He stated that if Tinubu had listened to them, no protests would have taken place in the country.
Zayi said, “It is very bad. When a child cries and the parent doesn’t listen, the results are always not palatable. We are peaceful protesters. The issue behind the issue is that if the President had listened to us, we would not have been in this situation.
“Hope is alive when persistence is in motion. The worst thing in life is not death but hunger. People are hungry. No amount of teargas will stop us from demanding better lives for ourselves.”