The Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor,
Gboyega Akosile, has reacted to the planned protest slated for Saturday,
February 13, 2020, against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate in the state.
The organisers of the protest are angered by a ruling for
the tollgate to be reopened as issued by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of
Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses.
The control of the tollgate, which was the epicentre of the
October 2020 #EndSARS protest against police brutality and bad governance in
Nigeria, was ordered to be returned to the Lekki Concession Company.
The tollgate had been away from the control of the LCC since
the incident of October 20, 2020, which allegedly saw soldiers of the Nigerian
Army open fire on the #EndSARS protesters.
Not pleased by the panel’s decision, some Nigerians on
Twitter threatened to occupy the tollgate on Saturday to express their
displeasure.
Reacting to the planned protest, Akosile, in response to a
tweet with the hashtag #DontLetThemBringLagosDown, said “nobody will bring our
dear Lagos State down! Their rights end where other people’s rights begin.”
Lagos State had witnessed the destruction of public and
private properties during the #EndSARS protest, before and after the alleged
Lekki tollgate shooting by soldiers.
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