Police teargas protests of IMN Students demanding release of leader El-Zakzaky

Student members of the IMN mounted a protest in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital demanding the release of their leader, Sheik Zakzaky who has been held in detention since December 2015. They demonstrated their protests in front of the National Assembly Complex and the Federal Government Secretariat in Abuja. Armed policemen broke and dispersed the protests with teargas, according to eyewitnesses.