{"id":901,"date":"2021-10-28T19:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/28\/breaking-one-female-others-injured-as-police-opens-fire-on-protesting-niger-delta-students-in-benin\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T19:56:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:56:33","slug":"breaking-one-female-others-injured-as-police-opens-fire-on-protesting-niger-delta-students-in-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/breaking-one-female-others-injured-as-police-opens-fire-on-protesting-niger-delta-students-in-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: One Female, Others Injured As Police Opens Fire On Protesting Niger Delta Students In Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" data-attachment-id=\"899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/breaking-one-female-others-injured-as-police-opens-fire-on-protesting-niger-delta-students-in-benin\/screenshot_20211028-194824_chrome\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-194824_chrome.jpg?fit=1080%2C561&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,561\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20211028-194824_Chrome.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-194824_chrome.jpg?fit=640%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-194824_chrome.jpg?resize=640%2C332&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-194824_chrome.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-194824_chrome.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-194824_chrome.jpg?resize=1024%2C532&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-194824_chrome.jpg?resize=768%2C399&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Protest by the Niger Delta students at the Benin head office of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation has taken a different twist this Thursday as one of the female Protesters was allegedly hit by a bullet shot by one of the police attached to the corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The students had embarked on peaceful protest after they accused the management of alledged diversion of training materials and financial benefit approved for the two day programs focusing on drawing awareness on the provision of petroleum industrial act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Protest turned violent as it enters day two when a yet to be identified officer opened fire to disperse the converging students away from the entrance of the Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The injured student has been taken to Nigerian Airforce hospital for medical attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source: Gbaramatuvoicenews<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News The Protest by the Niger Delta students at the Benin head office 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Austin Ozobo. The Special Assistant to the governor of Delta state, Comrade Ozobo Austin has condemned the police shooting of a protesting Ijaw female student in NPDC headquarters in Benin, stressing that the erring police officers must be fetched out to face the music of the law.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crime&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crime","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/crime\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-203957_chrome-1.jpg?fit=895%2C671&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-203957_chrome-1.jpg?fit=895%2C671&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-203957_chrome-1.jpg?fit=895%2C671&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211028-203957_chrome-1.jpg?fit=895%2C671&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1012,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/11\/13\/breaking-niger-delta-ex-militants-stage-massive-protest-in-abuja-over-stipends\/","url_meta":{"origin":901,"position":1},"title":"BREAKING: Niger Delta Ex-Militants Stage Massive Protest In Abuja Over Stipends","author":"Coastal Times","date":"November 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News A coalition of the third phase of ex-Niger Delta agitators numbering about 200, have called on the Federal Government to listen to their demands in the interest of justice. 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