Charly Boy Collapses, Others Wounded As Police Tear Gas Anti-Buhari Protesters [PHOTOS]

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The protest embarked upon by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations turned sour on Tuesday as Popular musician, Charles Oputa, a.k.a Charly Boy, reportedly collapsed in Abuja following inhalation of tear gas canisters shot at him and other protesters.

The protest led by Charly Boy and Deji Adeyanju demands President Muhammadu Buhari to either resume office or resign if he is incapable of continuing his duties as president of Nigeria.

The confusion on Tuesday, day-2 of the protest started around Millennium park, opposite the Unity Fountain, Maitama, Abuja, when anti-riot policemen began firing tear gas canisters and high velocity stream of water to disperse the protesting crowd.

The New Diplomat gathered a journalist and one other protester also got wounded. Also, one of the conveners of the protest, Deji Adeyanju, tweeted a video of their visit to a Silverbird Journalist and another wounded citizen at a clinic situated at the Federal Secretariat complex.

https://twitter.com/adeyanjudeji/status/894953397132165121

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