Saturday, August 3, started off as a normal day in the nation’s capital of Abuja as I got prepared to go cover the demonstrations against Nigeria's economic crisis.
August 5, 2024 10:47 amSaturday, August 3, started as a normal day in Abuja, the nation’s capital, as I prepared to cover the demonstrations against Nigeria’s economic crisis.
My colleagues, Claire Mom and Bolanle Olabimtan, were on the ground to ensure that TheCable had elaborate coverage of the demonstrations.However, things would take a different turn after Ishaku Ishaku, a deputy commissioner of police , said the protesters must remain within the stadium in line with the court order.Not long after his address to the media, the tear gas canisters began to rain on protesters and journalists, sending them fleeing in different directions.
We all would later regroup in Qudus’s car. Qudus is a reporter with Premium Times. We now made a long U-turn and positioned ourselves on the expressway to the central business district – about a kilometre from the main entrance of the stadium.Before we came to a halt, we saw a convoy of vehicles belonging to the Department of State Services .We began hearing a barrage of gunfire that sent all of us scrambling to two vehicles driven by Premium Times reporters.of the vehicles we boarded.
To be honest, I wasn’t looking forward to covering this #EndBadGovernance protest. But we have to do the job as journalists.
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