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It was a sombre drama, yesterday, as security operatives led by officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force descended on unarmed peaceful protesters. The Police deployed force stripping, clubbing and dehumanising the protesters. Not done with the violation of their rights and persons, the Police arrested dozens of the peaceful #OccupyLekki Tollgate protesters. x
The aggrieved youths carried out their threat of occupying the facility as a way of expressing their dissatisfaction with the decision of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry, which gave the nod for the reopening of the Lekki tollgate operated by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC), last week Saturday.
#EndSARS: SERAP, Amnesty International demand release of arrested #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters
Dozens of protesters have been arrested on Saturday for expressing their displeasure over the order by Lagos #EndSARS panel to reopen Lekki Tollgate.
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The Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded the release of protesters arrested at #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest in Lagos on Saturday.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how dozens of protesters have been arrested and whisked away in Black Maria by police officers at Lekki Tollgate.
The protesting youth are against the decision of the judicial panel for the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to reopen the tollgate months after soldiers opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020.
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Nigerians on social media have attacked the police for ‘denying’ #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters arrested at the Lekki Tollgate on Saturday access to lawyers.
Some youth in the early hours of Saturday arrived at the Lekki Toll Plaza to protest against the directive of the Lagos State Judicial Panel for the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to reopen the tollgate where soldiers opened fire on unarmed protesters on October 20, 2020.
More than 20 youth were
Pictures and videos trending on social media show how the protesters were brutalised by police operatives, who did not mind that they were being filmed by journalists.
Already, the Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) and Amnesty International