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The #Take-It-Back protest took a turn when officers of the Rivers State Command opened tear gas on the protesters in a bid to disperse them.

Organisers and supporters of the Take It Back Movement, Civil Society Organisations, and Niger Delta Congress had gathered at Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, only to be met with resistance from operatives of the Rivers State Police Command.

The policemen, however, asked them to leave for another venue.

Still undeterred, the protesters began singing solidarity songs and started marching inside the park and proceeded outside towards the popular Aba Express Road.When the protesters reached the CFC junction, the armed anti-riot policemen intercepted them again and ordered them to vacate the street, an order which they defied again.

Immediately, the policemen fired tear gas canisters, which sent the various groups protesting scattering for safety.