Men of the Nigeria Police on Sunday stormed the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State to disperse EndSARS protesters who had converged there to commemorate the shooting of protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020.
The Protesters were expressing their anger against polic brutality and calling for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
Although the police authority had complied and disbanded SARS, the protesters refused to leave the streets, especially the tollgate which had become a landmark for the protest.
They had also defied a declaration of Curfew by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, which prompted the intervention of soldiers who had opened fire, resulting in deaths, according to witnesses, but the military authorities and the federal government denied the killings.
Didactic Information Hut reports that some of the protesters who gathered for the 4th anniversary of the sad incident were arrested by the police.
The Protesters were reportedly just singing and waving placards before the Police arrived and clamped down on them by the use of teargas and gunshots. In the process, some of them were reportedly arrested.