Police on Thursday fired tear gas and beat demonstrators who staged a protest in Nigeria's main northern city against soaring fuel prices, an organiser of the rally said. Separately, a group of about 30 lawyers marched in the latest protest in the economic capital Lagos to denounce the skyrocketing petrol prices, which resulted from a government move to end fuel subsidies beginning January 1.
The violence erupted in the northern city of Kano, according to protest organiser Audu Bulama who said some 300 people were wounded while 19 protesters were arrested and later released.
"Around 1:15 this morning, the policemen assisted by local vigilantes fired tear gas on us, and when we refused to budge they used gun butts and cudgels to beat us while police vans ran into the crowd," Bulama told AFP.
Police were not available for comment, but a spokesman had told local radio that the protest was illegal as it did not have police approval. "There are procedures to be followed by any group that wants to hold any kind of protests," Kano police spokesman Magaji Majia said.
"The organisers of the protest must inform the police in writing, stating the date, time and venue of the protest, and secure police approval. Anything short of this is illegal."
Nigeria has seen increasingly volatile demonstrations since the government announced Sunday the end of fuel subsidies, causing petrol prices to instantly double in a country where most people live on less than $2 per day.
The main labour unions threatened Wednesday to shut down the country next week if the government does not backtrack on the move, which sent petrol prices rocketing to about 140 niara (0.66 euros, $0.96) a litre from 65 niara.
On Wednesday in Kano, hundreds of protesters shut down petrol stations and a mob threatened to burn a newspaper office. Placard-waving protesters headed toward the state governor's office when dozens of armed police and soldiers blocked them using trucks and vans.
The protesters then occupied the city centre's main square, known as the Silver Jubilee Square, which protesters renamed "Liberation Square." Protests in Kwara state led to the death of at least one person on Tuesday, with a union claiming police shot dead a protester while authorities said a mob killed him.
In Lagos on Tuesday, one man claimed he was shot by police who also fired tear gas at mobs setting bonfires along a main highway. Some 200 people also marched on the highway and forced petrol stations to close.
Protest threats in Nigeria have often fizzled out in the past, but the fuel subsidy issue is one of the few that unites much of the vast country, with widespread popular opposition to the move.
Economists and government officials view removing the subsidy as essential to allow for more spending on the country's woefully inadequate infrastructure and to ease pressure on its foreign reserves.
The government says more than $8 billion was spent in 2011 on fuel subsidies. Nigerians however see the subsidy as their only benefit from the nation's oil wealth, and years of deeply rooted corruption have resulted in profound distrust of government officials.
source:Aminu Abubakar | AFP
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