Man dies after police sprayed teargas on him in Abuja

A man, Onyebuchi Anene, has died after a member of the Abuja Special Intervention Squad (SIS) of the Nigeria Police spayed teargas on him.

Mr Anene, who lived in Haj Estate with his wife and three children on Arab Road, Kubwa, a satellite town in the federal capital, was returning home from work at about 9 p.m. on Wednesday when his car collided with a motorcycle rider leading to an altercation between both men.

His wife, Ogochukwu Anene, told PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday that eyewitnesses recounted to her the events leading to her husband’s death.