The Nigeria Police Force has claimed it teargassed #FreeNnamdiKanu protesters on Monday because they violated the court order restraining them from protesting in certain areas of the nation’s capital.
This is according to the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on X.
He explained that the Police did not block the roads, but cleared it after it was blocked by the protesters.
He added that the Police remain a law-abiding institution and only carried out its constitutional mandate to enable Nigerians have easy passage to their respective destinations.
Hundeyin affirmed that the court order restricting protesters from the Aso Rock Villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square and Shehu Shagari Way remain in place.
“Police teargas protesters attempting to approach Aso Villa in clear contravention of a court order restricting protesters from the Villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square and Shehu Shagari Way.
“We are the country’s foremost law enforcement agency. We carried out our mandate.
“And we did NOT block the road but cleared it after it was blocked by the protesters. This is to enable other Nigerians easy passage to their respective destinations,” he wrote on 𝕏.
