14 Shot Dead In Sudanese Cities As Protesters Demand Return To Civilian Rule

By Izuchukwu Okosi

Reports from Sudan on Wednesday indicate that 14 people have been shot dead and a dozen others wounded as thousands of Sudanese took to the streets to protest against October’s coup by the military forces, medics have declared.

The protesters marched in neighbourhoods across the capital Khartoum and the cities of Bahri and Omdurman demanding for the handover to civilian rule and for those who were the eggheads of the Coup to be tried.

Security forces fired live rounds and used tear gas to disperse the crowd of people with the protestors and police both injured.

Curiously mobile phone communications were cut off in the three protesting cities.

“The coup forces used live bullets heavily in different areas of the capital and there are tens of gunshot injuries, some of them in serious condition,” the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a group aligned with the protest movement disclosed adding that deaths were concentrated in Bahri.

In response, protesters built barricades, emptying the streets of traffic, a Reuters witness said.

“People are just terrified right now,” said an Omdurman protester.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.