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BREAKING: Protesters Storm British Embassy Abuja Over $9.6 Billion Judgment Debt Against Nigeria

The protesters who are wielding placards and banners defied heavy morning downpour and chanting anti-government songs asking for the reversal of the judgement.

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Members of Coalition of Civil Society Group are currently staging a protest outside the British Embassy in Abuja over the $9.6 billion judgment debt against Nigeria. 

The protesters who are wielding placards and banners defied the morning downpour and chanted anti-government songs asking for the reversal of the judgment. 

Armed policemen have taken strategic positions within the premises of the embassy. 

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Some of the inscriptions on the banners read: '$9.6bn Judgement Is a Big Fraud; 200 Million Nigerians Are Against $9.6bn UK judgment; Nigeria First, Always Always; Nigeria and Britain Are Friends Not Enemy. 
 
The protesters called on the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to help President Muhammadu Buhari to fight corruption. 

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The group also called on the anti-graft agencies for the arrest and prosecution of those behind the deals.

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