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#OccupyLekki: Policemen To Remain At Lekki Tollgate Until…
- Police Command has insisted its men will remain at the Lekki toll gate until further notice.
- The force spokesmen said that police officers have laid siege to five locations in the state apart from the Lekki Tollgate.
The Lagos Police Command has insisted its men will remain at the Lekki toll gate until further notice from Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu.
The police public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a statement Monday.
According to the PPRO, the police officers have laid siege to five locations in the state apart from the Lekki Tollgate.
The police officer said its men would remain at the locations until further notice.
The statement reads; Our policemen are still at the tollgate, it is a deployment, and we are working with an operation order, and until there is a stand-down order of the operation from the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, the men will still be there.
‘’We have not arrested anyone today, there was no breakdown of law and order, no gathering or procession, everything is expected in the area.
“But we are still maintaining our ground there, and we have deployment in about five places aside from the Lekki tollgate, and our men are always on standby at these strategic places.
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‘’We have police deployment in Unity Park, Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ogombo Junction, Adeniran Ogunsanya Junction, among others,’’.
EKO HOT BLOG recalls ahead of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate and #DefendLagos protest scheduled for Saturday, 13 February 2021, Police officers were deployed to the Lekki Tollgate to ensure no protest was held at the toll plaza.
The police officers also arrested about 40 protesters at the location of the protest including popular comedian Mr. Macaroni.
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