EndSARS: Police Manhandle, Arrests Protesters At Lekki Tollgate

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Policemen dispersed protesters with tear gas flowing a demonstration at Lekki Toll plaza in Lagos Nigeria Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. Nigerian police officers fired tear gas at protesters in Lagos, the country's largest city, as they tried to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating against police brutality on Wednesday. One year ago, thousands marched in Nigeria for the #EndSARS movement to protest the activities of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit accused of police brutality. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Despite the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu’s promise on Saturday that it is the fundamental right of every Nigerian to protest, provided the protesters do not constitute any nuisance, the reverse was the case at the Lekki axis of Lagos Wednesday, as protesters were manhandled and arrested by policemen for no just cause.

The protesters, who were marking the one year anniversary of the EndSARS protest at the Lekki area of Lagos State, were having a tug-of-war with policemen, as the youths who were pleading their innocence were being brutalised by policemen.

The organizers of Wednesday’s protests called those who had died “fallen heroes” and said they had to come to the toll gate to remember them.
However, some of the protesters spilled on to the streets, chanting “solidarity forever,” and “how many of us will you kill?”
Police soon released teargas to disperse those who were demonstrating, calling them “miscreants” in an interview with the media.

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