AAC Raises Alarm Over Alleged Assassination Attempt On Sowore During Democracy Day Protest

The African Action Congress (AAC) has raised the alarm over what it called the brutal attack on its presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, during the June 12 Democracy Day protest in Abuja, which was organised by the Take-It-Back Movement and other civil society groups across the country last Friday.
 
The opposition party said during the peaceful demonstration, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) sprayed an unknown aerosol-based chemical directly into Sowore’s face, causing him to collapse and temporarily lose consciousness, noting that the disturbing incident raised serious concerns about the growing use of violent and repressive tactics against opposition voices in Nigeri...