Police fire gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests over Nigeria’s economy. At least 2 killed
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria on Thursday as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. At least two people were reported killed.
The deaths occurred in northern Niger state where protesters clashed with security forces after blocking a major road, the local Daily Trust newspapers reported.
Elsewhere, police opened fire in at least two other states as crowds demanded an end to the spiraling economic crisis that has rendered the people of Africa’s top oil producer among the poorest in the world.
The demonstrations, dubbed “day of rage,” called for an end to chronic corruption and bad governance.
