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Again, FCT police deploy helicopters as protesters allege infiltration

The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have again deployed helicopters to monitor the ongoing hunger protest in Abuja as some of the arrowheads of the protest said counter-protesters are infiltrating the protest ground to instigate violence.

The Guardian gathered that most of the protesters who were heading to the protest ground in buses were being stopped.

Unlike yesterday, the protesters have been unable to gather in large numbers, a situation that has confined them around the stadium.

As of 12:15 pm, protesters were still finding their way to the Moshood Abiola Stadium as police helicopters hovered over the city, especially the stadium.

One of the arrowheads, who pleaded anonymity, said a woman has been identified as a key sponsor of some of the infiltrators.

Meanwhile, as the nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance enters day two, commercial drivers…
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