Sowore Collapses After Police Tear-Gassed Abuja Protesters
Police fired teargas to disperse the crowd, and videos showed Omoyele Sowore stumbling before protesters helped him into a vehicle.
- Activist and African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore collapsed in Abuja on Friday during a Democracy Day demonstration after police deployed teargas to disperse the crowd.
- The protest was part of a nationwide action organized by a coalition of civil society organizations and the EndBadGovernance Movement to address rising economic hardship, insecurity, and worsening living conditions.
- Footage and Videos captured Sowore on the ground being fanned by protesters with placards before he was assisted into a vehicle as teargas continued spreading through the area.
- Although voices in the crowd raised alarm as additional teargas was fired, Sowore later confirmed he was okay after moving away from the protest area.
- Human rights lawyer Femi Falana , Committee for the Defence of Human Rights President Yinka Folarin, activist Hassan Soweto, and musician Falz organized the demonstration to highlight national challenges.
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