The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the ongoing protest called by some Nigerians against the hardship in the country has become violent in the territory.
The Police Public Relations Officer, FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed that the police was becoming overwhelmed.
She said the protesters were coming out from different locations against the earlier order, restricting the protest to Moshood Abiola Stadium.
“The protesters are coming out from different locations and are becoming violent. We are trying to curtail them but currently, they are being very violent,” she said.
The PPRO had earlier said the command was in control of the protest.
She said the protesters moving to the Eagle Square against the initial restriction of the protest to Moshood Abiola Stadium brought about the violence.
Police deny arresting Photojournalist in Abuja
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory said Mr Jide Oyekunle, a Photojournalist was not arrested, but taken away from a apparent unsafe environment during the ongoing protest.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
She said the story making the rounds about the arrest of the photojournalist during the ongoing protest around the eagle square was not true.
According to her, Oyekunle had failed to heed to the advice of the police to leave where he was standing to a safer location when the protesters suddenly become violent.
“While the protest is ongoing, it remains the duty of the police to protect lives and property,” she said.