No fewer than 18 protesters commemorating the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protests have reportedly been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police.
The nationwide protests, which took place between October 1 and 20, 2020, were in response to police brutality suffered by citizens.
However, on 20 October 2020, lives were reportedly lost at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State during the protest.
While commemorating the day on Sunday, some youths who gathered at the toll gate were tear-gassed and rounded up by the police.
Separate distress messages sent to our correspondent by the National Coordinator of the Take It Back Movement, Juwon Sanyaolu, and the Initiator of the Creative Change Centre, Omole Ibukun, revealed that the National Spokesperson of the Youth Rights Campaign, Hassan Soweto, was among those arrested.
“Soweto and 17 other members of the #EndBadGovernance…