A
popular musician, Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, who has been
leading a campaign for the return or resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari,
has been attacked.
Charly
Boy was attacked in Wuse Market by angry protesters who are believed to be
supporters of the president, witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES.
The
musician and his fellow campaigners were last week attacked by security
officials who dispersed them violently from the Unity fountain, also in Abuja.
“Charley
Boy came to this market with some cameramen doing his protest here.
I was
standing in front of my shop when I saw him run BREAKING NEWS ! #ResumeOrResign: Charly Boy Escapes Lynching To Death By Angry Arewa Youths In Abuja Wuse Market 15 August 2017 ning for his dear life, being
chased by those youth,” a trader at the market said.
“They
nearly lynched him, because those youth almost overpowered police security near
him.”
The
musician was rescued by security operatives who fired gunshots and tear-gas to
disperse the crowd.
The
security operatives later returned to remove Charly Boy’s vehicles from the
market, using tear-gas to disperse the protesters who tried to stop them.
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