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Obidients during the Ebonyi rally and, right, after being teargassed by the police
Organisers of a rally in support of the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, were this Saturday morning, September 17, 2022, "teargassed by the police in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, in South-East Nigeria," according to a Channels TV breaking news.
"Members and their supporters had gathered along Mile 50 to embark on a rally to canvass support for their candidate but were stopped from going into the streets," the report said.
It quoted one of the supporters , Nwali Ikechukwu, as saying that some persons were injured when the security agency came calling.
The report said that the spokesman for the Ebonyi State Police Command, SP Chris Anyanwu, could not be immediately reached for comments.
