The Police in Lagos State on Sunday, October 20, 2024, arrested 18 protesters commemorating the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protest.
The protesters were said to have been arrested at the Lekki Tollgate, the location where several Nigerian youths protested police brutality and extrajudicial killings between October 1 and 20, 2020.
The youth were said to have been tear-gassed by the police and taken away in one of the Forces’ operational vehicles.
The National Coordinator of the Take It Back Movement, Juwon Sanyaolu, and the Initiator of the Creative Change Centre, Omole Ibukun in a statement confirmed the arrest.
The duo said that the National Spokesperson of the Youth Rights Campaign, Hassan Soweto, was among those arrested.
The statement said, “Soweto and 17 other members of the #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos were arrested at the Lekki Toll Gate this morning by the police.
“They were there to mark the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS killings. Where they have been taken to is not yet known. We demand their immediate and unconditional release. Peaceful protest is a fundamental right. Thank you,” the statement read.
Other protesters listed include Remilekun Orunsolu, Olamide Thomas, Michael Adedeji, Adeseye Eshe, and Olamilekan Sanusi.
