BREAKING NEWS: Police Use Tear-Gas on Protesting ASUU Members in Abuja

The Nigerian Police Wednesday, used tear-gas on members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as they mobilise to protest in the streets of the Federal Capital City, Abuja.

Eyewitnesses said that the lecturers had gathered at the mini-campus of the university at Gwagwalada for the protest when suddenly policemen and other security personnel took over the entire arena and prevented them from the embarking on the protest.

Speaking to journalists, the zonal Chairman of ASUU, Dr. Clement Chup said ASUU sent a letter to the Commissioner of Police at Gwagwalada to notify him of their protest but was surprised when they were prevented by Police from entering into campus.