UPDATE: Protesters March Towards Eagle Square, Police Respond with Teargas
POLITICS DIGEST – Protesters who had gathered at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), moved to Eagles Square and attempted to take over the Three Arms Zone but were repelled by men of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) who fired teargas at them.
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The move to Eagles Square appears to defy a court injunction restricting the protest to the Stadium.
Politics Digest had reported that a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory had ordered that the participants in the August 1 hunger protest against the federal government be limited to the Stadium
Justice Sylvanus Oriji issued the ruling on Wednesday in response to an ex-parte application filed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
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