The Lagos State Police Command has launched the protesters arrested through the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protests.
The protesters who have been over 18 in quantity, have been nabbed on the Lekki Toll Gate and moved to the State Legal Investigation Division at Panti, within the Yaba space of Lagos.
The State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Ishola, was additionally obtainable on the SCID to see to their launch.
In a tweet on Sunday, the command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, tweeted through his X deal with that the protesters had been launched, saying, “All protesters in our custody have been launched. CP Olanrewaju Ishola was on the bottom on the SCID to personally see to that.”
The #EndSARS protests which date again to October 1 and 20, 2020, have been in response to police brutality suffered by residents throughout which a number of lives have been reportedly misplaced through the nationwide protests.
Whereas commemorating the day on Sunday, some youths who gathered on the toll gate have been tear-gassed and rounded up by the police.
When contacted by certainly one of our correspondents, the Nationwide Coordinator of the Take It Again Motion, Juwon Sanyaolu, and the Initiator of the Inventive Change Centre, Omole Ibukun, revealed that the Nationwide Spokesperson of the Youth Rights Marketing campaign, Hassan Soweto, was amongst these arrested.
“Soweto and 17 different members of the #EndBadGovernance Motion Lagos have been arrested on the Lekki Toll Gate this morning by the police. They have been there to mark the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS killings. The place they’ve been taken to isn’t but identified. We demand their quick and unconditional launch. Peaceable protest is a elementary proper. Thanks,” the message learn.
Different names listed by Sanyaolu embrace Remilekun Orunsolu, Olamide Thomas, Michael Adedeji, Adeseye Eshe, and Olamilekan Sanusi.
Additionally, the presidential candidate of the African Motion Congress within the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, tweeted through his X deal with Sunday that the protesters have been arrested and crushed earlier than being put right into a Black Maria van.
The tweet learn, “The #PoliceNG has arrested over 18 peaceable protesters at #LekkiMassacreRemembrance at #LekkiTollGate. They subjected them to critical beating and torture whereas being quickly detained of their Black Maria on the toll gate. Subsequently, they’ve moved them to the infamous SCIID station at Panti within the Yaba space of Lagos.”
Additionally, an X person recognized as Frednardo da Vinci, tweeting as #obinnafrednardo, posted on Sunday with a video exhibiting some individuals chanting solidarity songs in a transferring automobile: “We’ve simply been arrested on the Lekki toll gate the place we marched out to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the victims of #EndSARS.”
Additionally, the Take It Again Motion coordinator affirmed the discharge of the protesters.
“The entire protesters have simply been launched. Thanks very a lot,” Sanyaolu acknowledged.
