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.