•Heavy police presence deters protesters
•Adegboruwa threatens to pull out of judicial panel
Tobi Soniyi, Segun James, Rebecca Ejifoma in Lagos and Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano
The Lagos State Government yesterday filed charges at against ten #ENDSARS protesters arrested on Saturday even as many failed to show up for the protest amid heavy presence of police who had condoned off the Lekki Tollgate Plaza, the venue of the protest.
They were arraigned before a mobile court and were granted bail in the sum of N100,000 each.
A copy of the charge obtained by THISDAY reveals that ten suspects namely Answer Harrison (m), Adekanbi Kayode (m), Yomi Orungbamila, Anjorin Joseph Seye, Paul Terkuma (m), Dayo Keshinro (m), Belema Briggs, Anisere Sodiq (m), Olanrewaju Olonta (m) and Damilare Abímbólá were charged before the Lagos State Magistrate Court, Yaba Magisterial Division.
Festus Akanbi and Segun James
There are anxieties over todayâs planned protest by youths under the aegis of the EndSARS movement at the Lekki-Ajah Tollgate in Lagos, the epicentre of last October #EndSARS protests, following the federal government’s threat to crush any protest and the insistence of the organisers to go ahead with their action.
Still using the social media, promoters of #occupyLekkitollgate movement, in a defiant move, spent most of yesterday mobilising youths for the protest to express their displeasure over approval for the reopening of the toll plaza.
In response to the call for protest, a counter-protest group tagged #DefendLagos was also active on social media, countering the EndSARS protesters amidst heavy presence of security forces at the Lekki Tollgate.
• Riot policemen, over120 armed NSCDCofficials ready to stoprally – Spokespersons
Ahead of today’s planned protest tagged #OccupyLekkiProtest at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, the Federal Government has deployed policemen and over 150 men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to maintain law and order and possibly stop the protest.
This is as some people under the aegis of #DefendLagos have also vowed to organise a counter-march against the #OccupyLekkiProtest demonstrators.
The Federal Government and the police had earlier warned youths who planned to protest at the Lekki tollgate on Saturday (today) to have a rethink and shelve the protests.
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