“We brought 14 persons to the hospital, seven are in the threatre for gun shot injuries while the others are being treated for various degrees of injury,” Kano Red Cross Nigeria executive secretary Musa Danladi Abdullahi told Reuters, adding that another four wounded were brought in by others.

Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets across Africa’s top oil producting nation on Monday, launching an indefinite strike to protest against the axing of fuel subsidies.