Armed Policemen Surround Lekki Toll Gate Ahead Of Today’s Protests

Armed Policemen have surrounded Lekki Toll Gate ahead of today’s protests.

NewsOne Nigeria reports that police officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), armed to teeth have surrounded the Lekki Toll Plaza and other parts of Lagos where protests are expected to hold today, Saturday, February 13, 2021.

According to a post made by the Rapid Response, Lagos State Police Command, on Facebook, one CSP Yinka Egbeyemi is “leading a team of police officers on a show of force to Lekki Toll Gate, Obalende, Ikoyi, Jakande Roundabout, and other areas in Eti Osa as part of efforts to deter crime as well as boost the morale of his officers in the areas”

Police officers at Lekki toll plaza as at 6:44am, Saturday, February 13, 2021.

This online news platform understands that the planned protest will be coming after the Lagos State Government warned organisers of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate and #DefendLagos protests at the Lekki Toll Plaza that their planned action cannot go ahead.

However, some defiant Lagos youths vowed to stage the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest, despite warnings from authorities.

Police officers at Lekki toll plaza as at 6:44am, Saturday, February 13, 2021.

The organisers of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest are demonstrating against the decision of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality to reopen the toll gate, which is the venue of indiscriminate killings of some #EndSARS protesters which was witnessed October 2020.