Just in: Tension in Ebonyi as police teargas Obi supporters, disperse rally

There is apprehension in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, where supporters of Peter Obi of Labour Party gathered, Saturday morning, for their one-million-man march.

The ‘Obidients’ as Obi’s loyalists are popularly called , were set to start their rally from the People’s Club area but some thugs allegedly working for another party in the state stormed the area to disrupt the movement.

A source said the police moved in, fired teargas canisters to disperse the procession.

The police reportedly said that their action was a directive from the Ebonyi State Government.

In a trending video, the youths could be seen running in different directions, with smoke from the teargas billowing.

It was gathered that the Obidients had regrouped in the Mile 50 area of the state from where they are going ahead with the rally.