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Police denies arrest of #ENDSARS protesters in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Sunday denied the arrest of #ENDSARS protesters in the nation’s capital.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma, told journalists that no member of #ENDSARS movement was arrested by policemen in Abuja.
READ ALSO: Abuja #ENDSARS protesters storm Force Hqtrs, insist on talking to IGP
He was reacting to a claim by a music star, David Adeleke, aka Davido, that 20 members of the group were arrested by police during a rally at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
Ciroma said: “It is a lie. No protester was arrested either at Force headquarters or anywhere in Abuja. We have tried to prevent any confrontation over the protests. I am telling you authoritatively that we didn’t arrest any protester.”
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