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#OccupyLekkiTollgate: Order Investigation Into The Torture Of Protesters, Activist Tells Lagos Police

The National Coordinator for Democracy Vanguard, Adeola Soetan, has urged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, to order an investigation into the alleged torture of #OccupyLekkitollgate protesters by some police officers on February 13.  Viral videos had shown security operatives assaulting some of the protesters arrested at Lekki tollgate. The development had sparked heated…

Is It A Good Idea To Reopen Lekki Toll Gate 4 Months After The Massacre? (Watch What Nigerians Are Saying)

It will go down in history that the year 2020 was the most turbulent for us as Nigerians when the youths came together to the #EndSARS protest decision.  We all knew this did not end up as peaceable as intended when the gruesome Lekki Toll Gate killing which lead to the loss of several innocent lives took charge of the whole event. News reaching us that the site of the #LekkiMassacre was set to…

Sanwo-Olu decries brutality against Occupy Lekki Tollgate protesters

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has condemned the brutal treatment meted out on protesters at the Lekki tollgate. About 40 Occupy Lekki Tollgate protesters were arrested on Saturday, Feb 13. Debo Adebayo, aka Mr Macaroni, was one of those arrested and he said they were stripped and beaten. Reacting, the Lagos State governor ordered the state’s Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, to…

Lagos State Commissioner Of Police Must Give Account Of What Happened At Lekki Tollgate – State Government Assures

The Lagos State Government will question the Commissioner of Police on the events at the venue for the planned #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests on Saturday. Moyosore Onigbanjo, the State Commissioner for Justice, disclosed this when he made an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “We cannot afford the sort of vandalism we saw before,” Onigbanjo said. “We condemn any act of brutality…

Some police officers led by one Inspector A. O. Alaka harassed and allegedly arrested ladies in a commercial bus for talking about the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest and the arrest of the protesters. The PUNCH gathered that the incident, which has led to an outrage on social media, happened around the Maryland area of Lagos State on Saturday. In a video obtained by The PUNCH, Inspector Alaka was…

It’s shameful to arrest, arraign protesters but pamper terrorists -PDP

It’s shameful to arrest, arraign protesters but pamper terrorists -PDP The Peoples Democratic Party has described the arrest, humiliation, and trial of #OccupyLekki protesters on Saturday, as a sad reminder of what Nigerians went through in the hands of military dictators. The Lagos State Chairman of the PDP, Adedeji Doherty, reacted to this sad occurrence, in a release on Sunday, titled,…

Lekki Toll Gate Protesters Charged with Breach of Peace and Quarantine Act, Granted Bail

The Lagos State Government on Saturday filed charges against ten #ENDSARS protesters arrested on Saturday even as many failed to show up for the protest amid heavy presence of police who had cordoned off the Lekki Tollgate Plaza, the venue of the protest. They were arraigned before a mobile court and were granted  bail in the sum of N100,000 each. A copy of the charge reveals that ten suspects…

#OccupyLekkiTollgate: Rihanna Shows Support For Protesters, Says Peaceful Protest Is A Human Right

#OccupyLekkiTollgate: Rihanna Shows Support For Protesters, Says Peaceful Protest Is A Human Right Popular Barbadian singer and businesswoman, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has shown support for the recent #OccupyLekkiTollgate protest. Recall that Nigerians under the hash tag, #OccupyLekkiTollgate had protested on Saturday, February 13, against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate, their reason being that…