Lagos: Protest turns rowdy as police block entrance into assembly
From Dotun Omisakin, Lagos The Takeitback protest movement on Monday hit a major setback as the policemen blocked the protesters from gaining entrance into the Lagos State House of Assembly. The Takeitback protesters stormed the streets of Lagos to press their demands against cybercrime act, hardship, and illegal demolition of houses in Lagos. The protest […]
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From Dotun Omisakin, Lagos
The Takeitback protest movement on Monday hit a major setback as the policemen blocked the protesters from gaining entrance into the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The Takeitback protesters stormed the streets of Lagos to press their demands against cybercrime act, hardship, and illegal demolition of houses in Lagos.
The protest kicked off at Ikeja Underbridge and moved to the Lagos House of Assembly, expressing their grievances and displaying placards.
Some of the placards had inscriptions, “Any law that forbids us from speaking our truth against oppression in Nigeria is no longer a law but shackles of slavery,” among others.
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The group’s national coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, described the block into the house as as an obstruct to their democratic right to engage their representatives.
“It is an obstruction to democratic rights. I don’t know as a lawless person,” he told the policemen.
The police officer with the name Tijani Fatai addressed them saying that the protesters have limited access into where they can enter at the state house of assembly.
“This is not the first time we are engaging you. Any protest in this assembly stop here and if your want a representative, they will come to meet you here,” he said.