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Armed Security Operatives At Ojota Ahead Of Planned Protest Of Bamise Death

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Mar 8, 2022.

Armed security operatives have stormed Ojota ahead of the planned protest of Bamise death
Lagos Police command said it won’t allow breakdown of law and order

EKO HOT BLOG reports that armed security operatives have stormed the popular Gani Fawehinmi Park in the Ojota area of Lagos State on Tuesday.

This is coming ahead of the planned protest over the slain BRT passenger, Bamise Ayanwole, who was found dead on Monday after being reported missing while returning to Ota from Ajah on February 26 when she boarded a BRT bus with number 240257 going to Oshodi at about 7 pm at Chevron Bus-Stop.

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This online news platform gathered that the armed security operatives were deployed by the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services, amongst others, as they came with petrol vans, heavy anti-riot gun trucks and Black Marias.

When asked why policemen were deployed to the park, the Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said that the Command had intelligence that aggrieved persons and sympathisers planned to stage a protest at the park.

According to him, the Command was not against the right of citizens to peaceful protest, but it won’t condone any form of breakdown of law and order.

“We are taking a proactive step to forestall the breakdown of law and order in the state,” Ajisebutu told newsmen.

Recall that mixed reactions have trailed the killing of the 22-year-old Bamise as Lagosians took to Twitter on Monday to call out the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, asking him to get to the root of the matter and bring the perpetrators to book.

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