Political activist and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has allegedly been shot by a police officer in Abuja.
The female police officer reportedly fired a teargas cannister at Mr Sowore at the Unity Fountain while he was trying to gain entrance into the place.
Sowore was said to have been speaking with a detachment of police officers stationed at the public facility when an officer shot at the crowd.
Protesters had converged on the fountain at 8:30am. But the police allegedly denied them entry into the facility.
The spokesperson of the FCT police Command, Mariam Yusuf, in a statement explained that operatives simply resisted protesters “who went on the rampage.”
It said, “The FCT Police Command wishes to debunk the viral message in some sections of the social media purporting that Omoyele Sowore was shot by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police at the Unity Fountain.
“Contrary to the speculation, police operatives professionally restored calm at the Unity Fountain following attempts by a group of protesters to incite public disturbance.
“The protesters who went on the rampage were resisted by police operatives in order to prevent them from causing a breakdown of law and order. There is no record of such incident as at the time of this release.”
