Some protesters at the EndSARS memorial procession led by rapper, Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz at the Lekki tollgate on Thursday were tear-gassed by the Lagos police command.
Truetells Nigeria gathered that the demonstration at the tollgate witnessed police firing tear gas at the protesters when some of them decided to mount the plaza with the Police claiming it can lead to a break down of law and order.
The procession was organised to mark the two years anniversary of the Lekki tollgate shootings, where several innocent protesters were killed for protesting against police brutality and bad governance.
Truetells Nigeria earlier reported the Nigeria Police Force has fired tear gas to disperse EndSARS protesters who were converging at the Lekki Toll Gate to hold the 2nd memorial procession for victims of the October 2020 shooting at the toll gate.
The footage on social media captured the moment the police shot tear gas into the air to disperse the protesters.
An Arise TV station on-site journalist, Oba Adeboye was also harassed by men of the force deployed from the Lagos State Police Command.
Meanwhile, a police officer had earlier disclosed plans to arrest anyone who stops at the Lekki tollgate during the #EndSARS procession.
Truetells Nigeria gathered that the police officer who pleaded anonymity was reported to have said “as long as they do not stop, we shouldn’t have a problem, because the agreement is that they don’t stop.
“But the moment anybody stops that person will be picked up and locked up in the van.”
EndSARS was a decentralised series of mass protests against police brutality, especially among members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the force.
The now-disbanded unit was notorious for abusing Nigerian citizens.
During the October 20, 2020 protest at the Lekki Toll Gate, men of the Nigerian Army reportedly opened fire on the unarmed protesters, allegedly killing some of them.