October 20, 2025
The Nigerian police at about 8:am on Monday, fired teargas to disperse the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters around the Central Business District, CBD, where some commuters were also affected.
The police also blocked access roads leading to several locations including the National Assembly, Federal Secretariat and the Eagles Square, forcing commuters to trek long distances to these locations.
A convoy of police, civil defence and military vehicles were also seen patrolling the Wuse-Berger axis of the capital city.
The protesters, led by Omoyele Sowore, thereafter moved away from the Transcorp Hilton hotel area, the venue of the protest.
However, some protesters still lurked around the area while normalcy was gradually returning to the city as gridlocks eased around the roads leading to the city centre.
Leader and organiser of the protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, said the police team had arrested some protesters.
He wrote on his X page that the
Police tear-gas protesters
“The @PoliceNG team deployed to brutalise #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters arrested Nnamdi Kanu’s brother, and his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, as well as innocent bystanders.
They were beaten and taken to the FCT command. The police must release them immediately.
Aloy Ejimakor, a lawyer in Mr Kanu’s legal team, also announced his arrest by the police on X on Monday.
The protest, organised b the presidential candidate of African Action Congress in the last general election Mr Omoyele Sowore, was to call for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu who has been detained by the State Security Service (SSS) since 2021.
Mr Kanu is being tried at the Federal High Court in Abuja on for terrorism over his separatist activities and inciting violence in the south-east.
