Police Use Tear Gas
Police officers fired tear gas at people gathered near the Lekki tollgate in Lagos for a memorial marking six years since the October 2020 #EndSARS protests, disrupting a planned wreath-laying ceremony.
The gathering, organized by the Enough is Enough movement, was intended to honor victims of police brutality and renew demands for accountability and reform in Nigeria’s policing system.
According to the supplied account, those caught up in the dispersal included activists, journalists, residents and political figures, among them Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the African Democratic Congress and Funso Doherty of the Nigeria Democratic Congress.
Participants reportedly scattered as tear gas spread through the area, and the ceremony ended before the wreaths could be laid.
The report supplied for rewriting did not include an official police explanation for the operation, information on arrests or verified details of injuries. Those points require confirmation before further claims are made.
The disruption again brought attention to the unresolved public debate over the 2020 protests, the right to peaceful assembly and demands for accountability in law enforcement.
