Nigerian police fire teargas to break up protests over rising insecurity

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Police fired teargas and detained several demonstrators in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday during protests over the country's worsening security situation.

Anger over mass kidnappings-for-ransom, a decade-long Islamist insurgency and a crackdown on protesters in Lagos last October has fuelled demands for the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to do more to tackle violence and insecurity.

Reuters witnesses in Lagos and the capital Abuja saw police shooting their guns into the air and firing teargas into the crowds to disperse the demonstrators, who held placards and chanted “Buhari must go”. Protesters run from tear gas thrown by the police during a June 12 Democracy Day rally in Abuja, Nigeria, on June 12 2021.Officers were also seen smashing mobile phones confiscated from protesters, some of whom criticised the government's decision to suspend access to Twitter after the social media platform removed a recent post by Buhari.

He did not comment on the Lagos protests, and other police spokespersons did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

 

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