[VIDEO] Melaye, Bruce Others Clash With Police During Protest

Senator Dino Melaye and other leading members of the PDP clashed with members of the Police Force during a protest staged by the PDP in Abuja

The members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the protest ground alleged that they were attacked by the Nigerian Police Force.

The protest which was staged by members of the PDP including the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, was carried out to demand that the Osun rerun election be canceled.

The protesters alleged that they were being teargassed by members of the Nigerian Police Force.

Below is a video posted by Senator Ben Murray Bruce showing Senator Dino Melaiye being dragged:

This is the video as best as we could get in the circumstances. We have a democratic right to peaceful protest and freedom of association. This act is unconscionable in a democracy. pic.twitter.com/wxmY9wWvFE

— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) October 5, 2018