Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Friday fired teargas canisters at protesters who assembled at the popular Berger roundabout in Abuja.

Journalists covering the procession were not spared as teargas were fired at them.

Protesters have demonstrated in Abuja, Lagos, Rivers, Kano and several other cities to register their grievance over economic reforms that have led to rampant inflation and inflicted increasing hardship on ordinary Nigerians.

President Bola Tinubu has vowed to pursue the changes that he said are needed to keep the country afloat.

Worried by potential violence with hoodlums hijacking the protests, the Nigerian authorities deployed armed security personnel nationwide.

Nigerians are telling the government to reinstate subsidies for petrol and electricity, free primary and secondary education and measures to combat insecurity, among other demands.

Channels Television’s Sodiq Adelakun captured the moment below: