#EndSARS Anniversary: Two persons arrested at Lekki Toll Gate

The police have arrested two persons at Lekki toll gate area of Lagos State, as activities to mark the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria picked up in full swing.

The two men were arrested Wednesday morning as various youth groups began the anniversary celebration with horn-blaring vehicular procession at the Admiralty Circle toll plaza, as the police and other security agencies made frantic effort to control traffic at the area.

“I did not do anything,” said one of the young men before his arrest.

“They beat me, they collected my phone, they took my money; the police have not learnt their lessons,” he hollered from within the metal clad Lagos State Task Force truck, as the vehicle zoomed off toward unknown destination.

Ahead of the commemoration of the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos State Police Command had Tuesday warned that it will only allow indoor and virtual events.

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Briefing reporters in Ikeja, the State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said the police would not allow any form of protest except vehicular procession.

The police commissioner cautioned residents, especially the youth against embarking on any form of protest without the approval of the police.

Odumosu explained that such approval will enable police deployment for adequate protection against hoodlums who could hijack the exercise.

“If you want to go on vehicular procession, okay. They are not going to stop somewhere, come down somewhere and converge somewhere,” he said.

The police, Odumosu stated, “want the criminally minded people to know that the police is up to take care of them.”

#EndSARS Anniversary: Dismantle Admiralty, Lekki-Ikoyi toll gates for peace to reign