VIDEO: Omoyele Sowore rushed to the hospital after he was shot by armed police officer during a protest in Abuja today May 31

Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has been rushed to the hospital after he was allegedly shot at by armed policewoman in Abuja today May 31.

Omoyele and a group of other Nigerians were staging a protest to demand an end to insecurity in the country.

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Sowore was shot close to his hip by a gun-wielding policewoman drafted to the Unity Fountain to disperse the protesters.

Watch a video of him speaking after the attack below