Police Fire Tear Gas As Take-It-Back Protesters Flee In Rivers

In an attempt to disperse the demonstrators, Rivers State Command officers used tear gas on them, which changed the course of the #Take-It-Back demonstration.

Organisers and supporters of the Take It Back Movement, Civil Society Organisations, and Niger Delta Congress had gathered at Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, only to be met with resistance from operatives of the Rivers State Police Command.

The policemen, however, asked them to leave for another venue.

Still undeterred, the protesters began singing solidarity songs and started marching inside the park and proceeded outside towards the popular Aba Express Road.

When the protesters reached the CFC junction, the armed anti-riot policemen intercepted them again and ordered them to vacate the street, an order which they defied again.

Immediately, the policemen fired tear gas canisters, which sent the various groups protesting scattering for safety.

Details later…