Nigerians protesting against police brutality on Wednesday apprehended armed thugs that launched an attack on them in Abuja.
According to an initial report, the hoodlums who carried cutlasses inflicted injuries on some of the #EndSARS protesters who gathered at Berger roundabout. The number of casualties was not immediately clear.
TalkGlitz gathered that about five vehicles were also damaged in the fracas.
Pro SARS thugs have been rented to hijack the peaceful protest at Berger Bridge, Abuja. #SARSMUSTENDNOW #EndSWATpic.twitter.com/strDlFt6ts
— Wale Adetona (@iSlimfit) October 14, 2020
The protesters, however, regrouped within minutes and started chasing the thugs away and also apprehending some.
The Protesters in Abuja took the Thugs that attacked them at Berger to Hopitals for Treatment ❤
RT to show the World we are Peaceful ????#EndSWAT #SWATMUSTENDpic.twitter.com/IBRQaCJh2O
— Odogwu???? (@Daddy_Noms) October 14, 2020
Hired touts attacked and tried to intimidate #EndSARS #EndSWAT protesters at Berger, We refuse to be intimidated!!! Spot weyrey with the red hair!! pic.twitter.com/dSFOI3a5Wk
— M.F.Hirekaan (@thecameramark) October 14, 2020