#OCCUPY LEKKI TOLLGATE: Showdown Looms As Protesters Dare FG

• #OCCUPY LEKKI TOLLGATE
• Using the #OccupyLekkiTollGate hashtag on Twitter, activists have been busy calling for Nigerian youths to take part in the protest set to start at 7am local time today, Saturday.

All is set for a showdown between the federal and Lagos state governments on one hand and EndSARS protesters who have continued to deploy social media platforms to mobilise youths to disregard state threats and participate in a pro- test slated for today at the Lekki tollgate plaza, Lagos, where security agents allegedly killed protesting youths last October.

They called for the fresh protests at Lekki tollgate after the state’s panel on police brutality ordered the handover of the plaza back to the Lagos Concession Company, LCC, a firm that manages the lucrative tollgate.

In a recent statement, titled, ‘EndSARS Season 2: Why we will #OccupyLekkiTollGate on Saturday’, the group said they remained un- daunted despite the threats from security agents and the state government.

Read Also: Lekki Tollgate: Youth Rep, Rinu, Withdraws From Lagos #EndSARS Panel

“After committing genocide by killing scores of people who were peacefully protesting at Lekki tollgate and other parts of Lagos, Governor Sanwo-Olu and other oppressors want to spit on the dead and dance on the blood of the innocent by reopening the gate to be collecting their blood money again.”

The federal and Lagos State governments as well as the police have however said they would not allow saboteurs to destabilize the country through protests.

They claimed intelligence report has revealed that the protest would be hijacked and used to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens.

At a press briefing on Thurs- day, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Lekki tollgate is not a designated place for protests and warned that anybody who disregards the “no protest” warning would have to contend with the country’s security agencies.

He said: “At this time, the chances that any peaceful protest will be hijacked are very high.