Blessing Iko, a passerby at
the venue of the #EndSARSMemorial protest, says operatives of the Lagos state
police command arrested her for holding the Nigerian flag.
Speaking to journalists while
in a police van, Iko said the officers seized her two phones and held her in
their van.
According to her, the flag
was given to her by the bus conductor who asked all passengers to disembark as
he approached the Lekki tollgate where the #EndSARSMemorial protest was taking
place.
“I boarded a bus going to
Iyana Oworo from Ajah then we got to a point and the driver said they could not
go further, asked us to come down and refunded money to some of us,” she said.
“He gave me the Nigerian flag to hold, he said
once I am with the flag I would be allowed to pass.
“As I was walking, I saw
these policemen and they asked me to come inside the vehicle. They said I was
protesting and collected my two phones.
“They said the time they gave
the protesters had finished that they were supposed to end by 10 am.”
VIDEO: @PoliceNG arrested me, siezed my phones for holding Nigerian flag, says passerby#EndSARSMemorial pic.twitter.com/1nwzcvHvuF
— TheCable (@thecableng) October 20, 2021
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