By Pius Awunah
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has explained that the force fired teargas at #FreeNnamdiKanunow# protesters in Abuja because they violated the court order restraining them from protesting in certain areas of Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin in a statement on Monday, October 20,2025,via his X handle explained that the Police did not block the roads, but cleared it after it was blocked by the protesters.
According to Hundeyin, the force as a law-abiding institution only carried out its constitutional mandate to enable Nigerians to have easy passage to their respective destinations.
The FPRO affirmed that the court order restricting protesters from the Aso Rock Villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square and Shehu Shagari Way remains in place.
“Police teargassed protesters attempting to approach Aso Villa in clear contravention of a court order restricting protesters from the Villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square and Shehu Shagari Way.
“We are the country’s foremost law enforcement agency. We carried out our mandate.
“And we did not block the road but cleared it after it was blocked by the protesters. This is to enable other Nigerians easy passage to their respective destinations,” he wrote on𝕏.
