•The protesters gather at National Assembly gate with placards
A group of Nigerians today staged a protest in Abuja, decrying the spate of insecurity in the South-East region.
The protesters gathered at the gate of the National Assembly with placards, reports Channels TV.
Some of the placards bore the images of victims of attacks by gunmen in the region.
The protesters, who wore branded T-shirts, also faulted calls for the release of the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
They called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly not to yield to pressure to discontinue the ongoing trial of the IPOB leader.
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