ENDSARS Protesters Rock Lekki Lagos to Mark One year Anniversary
Protest have resumed morning today in Lekki Lagos to Mark one year after the #EndSARS protests that took Nigeria to the brink. This created tension in the polity as youths commemorate the anniversary, today, with the Police in Lagos and Osun states declaring there would be no street protest.
Indeed, stakeholders lamented, yesterday, that little or nothing has changed, 365 days after the sad episode, with the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, saying security agencies had become more brazen in lawlessness.
Action Group on Free Civic Space, AGFCS, concurred, saying Nigeria had progressed into a dangerous era of digital unfreedom unmatched in the history of the nation’s democratic journey as a country.
They spoke as Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said youths have reasons to demand for a better life in the country just as human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, urged governors to take control of the security situation in their respective states.
He stated that, state governors should, henceforth, exercise the exclusive powers conferred on them to manage public meetings, rallies and processions in line with the provisions of the Public Order Act and the relevant judicial authorities.
The fear associated with 2020 EndSars which the anniversary holds today forced some people to be absent at work, while many parents refused to prepare their kids for school because of the fear of the unknown.
