Following the harassment by the police yesterday at their sit-out at the Maitama Amusement Park, protesters in Abuja demanding for the search and rescue of the Chibok abducted schoolgirls will today reconvene at the Unity Fountain, venue of their earlier meetings.
The protesters have left the Unity Fountain when it was cordoned as security measures towards the successful hosting of the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) in Abuja last week, and moved to the Maitama Amusement Park.
The new venue was also sealed after their first meeting there but protesters continued to hold their daily sit-outs in front of the park. However, police descended on the protesters yesterday, asking them to disperse.
Former minister of education and frontline protest leader, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili alongside other protesters insisted on the right to peaceful assembly. Mrs Ezekwesili later announced on her Twitter handle that the protest returns to its first venue at the Unity Fountain today at 3 p.m.
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