Omoyele Sowore shot by the police during a protest in Abuja (video)

Omoyele Sowore was reportedly shot at by an armed policewoman with a teargas canister at the Unity Fountain in Abuja Abuja today, May 31. He has been rushed to the hospital.

Omoyele and some other Nigerians were staging a protest to demand an end to insecurity in Nigeria. Sowore was shot close to his hip by a policewoman drafted to the Unity Fountain to disperse the protesters.

Watch a video of him speaking after the attack below