The publisher of SaharaReporters and 2019 presidential candidate of the AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has been injured by a police teargas canister fired at him.
Sowore’s personal friend and convener of the Concerned Nigerians group, Deji Adeyanju, confirmed the incident on his social media handles on Monday morning.
“My brother, Sowore just got shot by the police at Unity Fountain. On my way to the Fountain for the insecurity rally but just watched how he was shot on Facebook live now,” Adeyanju wrote.
Sowore, who confirmed the incident on his Twitter page, said he was shot at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.
It was gathered that the female police officer fired a tear gas canister at the former presidential aspirant on Monday.
The political activist who had gathered with others at the Unity Fountain for a protest has been rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.
He wrote: “Just been shot by a police officer, ACP Atine at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.
“#RevolutionNow Let the struggle continue even if they take my life! #BuhariMustGo”
