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BREAKING: Omoyele Sowore shot by the Nigerian police

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Armed policemen in Abuja have opened fire on human rights activist and leader of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore during a protest to demand an end to insecurity in the country.

Sowore was shot in the right side of the stomach towards the hip by gun-wielding policemen drafted to the Unity Fountain.

According Sowore in his tweet earlier this morning at 10:21am, ACP Atine was the officer who targeted and shot at him without any probable cause.

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Many people also sustained varying degrees of injury during the incident.

He has been rushed to an undisclosed hospital.

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