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Residents of Lekki area of Lagos have kicked against the resumption of tolling on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge by the LCC.

The Lekki estates residents and stakeholders association (LERSA) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to assist in the construction...

Residents of estates around Lekki, under the aegis of Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA), have given the Lagos State Government and Lekki Concession Company (LCC), managers of the Lekki/Epe Expressway, conditions for the re-opening of the Lekki Toll Gate.

Nigerian policemen man a tollgate at Lekki district in Lagos on February 13, 2021 after activists called protests demanding justice for victims of a deadly shooting during demonstrations last year. – Nigerian police arrested a small group of protesters in Lagos on February 13 after they tried to hold a rally demanding justice for victims of a deadly shooting during demonstrations last year. Activists had called for new protests after a judicial panel authorised the reopening of the city’s g...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu to institute an investigation into the harassment of some protesters who were arrested during last Saturday’s botched protest at the Lekki Tollgate.

#OccupyLekkiTollGate: Sanwo-Olu orders probe into alleged brutalisation of protesters On …LCC records over N2.5bn loses from Oct 20, 2020 to Feb 13, 2021 —MD …Lekki Estate residents list conditions for reopening By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu to institute an investigation into the harassment of some protesters who were arrested during last Saturday’s botched protest at the Lekki Tollgate. C...

Lekki Tollgate Has Brought Hardship, Suffering To Us, Residents Seek Review The Toll Gate operation cannot resume, back to the old ways of distress for users of the Toll Plazas. Without a doubt, we are the only citizens in Nigeria that are forced to pay a toll on a road that is less than 25km. by SaharaReporters, New York Feb 16, 2021 A call has been made to the Nigerian government to immediately release all those arrested and detained by the Nigeria Police for participating in the Lekki protes...

Advertisement Olorogun James Emadoye and Gbemi Adelekan, LERSA president and general secretary respectively, said in a statement on Sunday that the tolled road caused a great deal of inconvenience prior to the #EndSARS protests. The #EndSARS campaign against police brutality had ended with a military invasion on October 20, 2020. The incident led to the vandalism of the tollgate and a subsequent government take-over of the structure. On February 6, the judicial panel established to investigate ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero As the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Toll Gate hands over the toll gate back to its operators, Lekki Concession Company, residents of the area have written the LCC to lament the potential return of traffic gridlock associated with toll collection along the axis. The residents said they pay for “inconveniences rather than for convenience” as they spend about 30 minutes t...