Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have on Thursday fired teargas canisters at #EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate in Lagos.
The protesters had marched out as part of the commemoration of #EndSARS second anniversary and as a sign of respect to people who were allegedly killed two years ago.
The situation, which was peaceful initially, has turned into a show of rowdiness as the security operatives shot teargas.
This led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter.
Two of the organisers, the popular rapper, Folarin Falana, known as ‘Falz’, and a comedian, Adebowale Adedayo, aka ‘Mr Macaroni’ also lent their voices to the demonstration.
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The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore was also present at the protest ground.
The demonstrators gathered at the plaza to place coffins they made in remembrance of those whose lives were lost before police fired teargas canisters.
Recall that some youths on October 20, 2020, converged across the nation to protest the alleged brutality of a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
Lagos protesters converged in the Lekki tollgate, but the protest took a new dimension with looting and destruction of government properties started.
While the protesters alleged that the Governor Sanwo-Olu-led government shot at and killed some protesters, the government and their supporters have denied such action.
Sanwo-Olu, in 2020 set up a panel to look into the allegations that soldiers shot at the protesters.