Referendum March: One feared dead, 112 arrested, 25 injured as police forcefully disperse protesting IPOB women with teargas.
24 Aug 2018, by in CS DatabaseIncidents & Issues
There was an attack from the Nigerian Police on the peaceful and orderly sensitization march organised for Biafran referendum by more than 1000 women of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). 112 women protesters were arrested and remanded in prison while many others sustained injuries as a result of the teargas used to forcefully disperse them.
Details of Occurrence
| State of Occurrence | Imo |
| Security Agents Involved | The Nigerian Police |
| Legal Foundations | Section 39 and Section 40 of the 1999 constitution |
| Rights Implicated | Rights to Expression and Free Assembly. |