#OccupyLekkiTollGate Update: Police Arrest Over 20 ‘Protesters’

Over 23 persons, including passersby, have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos Police Command deployed to the Lekki toll gate.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that the operatives, who were deployed to the location since Friday, were seen chasing and arresting anyone they considered a protester.

Those arrested were alleged to be members of the #OccupyLekkiTollgate and #ENDSARS2 groups who vowed to protest even with the warnings issued by the Lagos State and Federal Governments.

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According to The Nation reports as at 10 am, the tollgate was occupied by journalists and security operatives with no protesters were seen.

Earlier, some of the policemen were seen chasing a young man, who was walking towards Lekki.

As soon as they caught him, he was thrown into a waiting Black Maria.

Some of the arrested suspects denied being protesters, insisting they were just going about their businesses when they were picked up.

Disturbed at the way the policemen were chasing and arresting random people, some of the journalists approached the senior officers on the ground and were assured those who could identify themselves or explain why they were around the area would be released.

In the mean time, the #DefendLagos group led by Alabi Oladimeji, has suspended its counter-protest planned for the #Lekkitollgate earlier today.

OnyxNews Nigeria also gathered that more police deployments have been sent at the Lekki and Ikoyi toll gates while a vigorous convoy patrol is being carried out across the commercial state.