Police tear-gas #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate
Police have fired tear gas to disperse #EndSARS protesters demonstrating at the Lekki Tollgate to mark the second anniversary of the nationwide movement.
Armed policemen stormed the protest venue early on Thursday.
A video clip seen by Peoples Gazette shows the protesters scampering for safety.
The protesters, mostly youths, had on Tuesday announced it would go on a procession at the Lekki Tollgate to commemorate the massacre of unharmed youths at the tollgate on October 20, 2020.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has repeatedly denied killing protesters at the tollgate.
“The fact that nobody has been brought to justice over the torture and killings of #EndSARS protesters is a stain on Nigeria’s human rights records. Meanwhile, human rights violations by the police continue unabated,” said Osai Ojigho, director of Amnesty International Nigeria in a press release on Thursday.
Ms Ojigho added, “The authorities must ensure that suspected perpetrators of the deadly crackdown on #EndSARS protesters are brought to justice in fair trials and address impunity for police brutality.”
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Hot news Home top
God responsible for floods across Nigeria, not Cameroon: Water Resources minister Adamu
“But it is not the main reason we have floods in this country — 80 per cent of the floods in this country is water that we are blessed with from God from the sky,” he said.
States
Army begins Exercise Still Water II to flush out militancy
Mr Okoro said that troops would plan and conduct operations in both land and riverine environments that were volatile, unpredictable, chaotic and ambiguous in real-time.
#EndSARS
#EndSARS Memorial: Falz, Macaroni, lead coffin, placard, flower-bearing protesters amid, police clampdown
The protesters marched few meters aways from the Lekki Tollgate on Thursday, while carrying coffins, flowers and waving Nigeria’s flag.
Lagos
Student arraigned for stealing driver’s phone
Mr Okolie, who resides at Ikosi, Ketu, Lagos State, appeared on one of two-count charges of conspiracy and stealing.
Hot news Home top
Liz Truss resigns as British PM after six weeks in office
“I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected,” Ms Truss said on Thursday afternoon.
