Police use tear-gas, arrest marching OBIdient members in Ebonyi

The Ebonyi State Police Command on Saturday dispersed supporters of the OBI-dient movement who gathered at the Pastoral Centre Abakaliki.

Men of the police force used tear-gas canisters on the supporters, who had gathered for the one-million-march for the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

The action of the police cause the supporters, who were in hundreds to run helter-skelter, causing injuries and human and vehicular traffic on Old Enugu Road, in the capital city.

One of the supporters said the police also arrested five persons before he fled the area.

He said, “We were peaceful, but the police came and used tear-gas of us and arrested our people.”