Thousands of protesters have occupied the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja after being blocked from accessing the Eagle Square Complex by security agencies, who fired hundreds of teargas canisters in a bid to disperse them.
The protesters, undeterred by the heavy-handed response, regrouped at the Finance Junction on Ahmadu Bello Way, where they were being joined by increasingly large numbers of Abuja residents.
Despite the significant security presence, the crowd is building momentum and threatening to overwhelm the troops on the ground.
