• Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been reportedly shot by a police operative in Abuja

• He was shot on Monday by a female police officer at the Unity Fountain in Abuja

 • The politician cum activist has been rushed to hospital for medical treatment

Former presidential candidate and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been reportedly shot by a police operative in Abuja.

The Editor Nigeria gathered Sowore was shot on Monday by a female police officer at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.

The politician cum activist has been rushed to hospital for medical treatment, Naija News understands.

Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, made this known on Twitter.

He wrote: “@YeleSowore has just been shot by a female police officer at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.”

“The criminal officer is said to be an ACP. I watched Sowore being shot live on Facebook.”

Just been shit by a police officer, ACP Atine at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. #RevolutionNow Let the struggle continue even if they take my life! #BuhariMustGo pic.twitter.com/c9ui2UutXO

— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) May 31, 2021