Police have dispersed protesters with teargas canisters at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos.
A youth-led nationwide protest against the soaring cost of
living began on Thursday.
In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, protesters began
their marches from Ikeja, Ojota and Lekki. There are also pockets of protests
in other parts of the metropolis.
The police had warned the demonstrators against converging
on the tollgate because the site — scene of a “massacre” during the anti-police
brutality protests of 2020 — was not one of the approved venues for the
protest.
On July 30, the Lagos state government secured a court order
restricting protesters to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and Peace
Park, Ketu.
Emmanuel Ogundare, a judge at the Lagos high court, granted
the restriction order while ruling on an ex parte application filed by Lawal
Pedro, the state’s attorney-general.
Police have also been firing teargas at protesters in Abuja,
Nigeria’s capital city.
Inflation has spiralled in Nigeria since President Bola
Tinubu ended the petrol subsidy regime and unified the forex windows in 2023.
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