Nigeria, April 7 -- Policemen on Monday clamped down on protesters in different parts of the country, arresting four activists in Yobe, two in Abuja, and teargassing others in Rivers State.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that one male protester identified as 'Flag Boy,' and another female protester simply identified as Bose, were arrested by the police around Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja on Monday.

"Four of our comrades have also been arrested by the police in Yobe," Juwon Sanyaolu, the National Coordinator of 'Take It Back' movement, the organisers of the protest, told our correspondent, adding that "the police also teargassed protesters in Rivers State as they did in Abuja."

The protesters, under the aegis of the 'Take It Back' movement l...