{"id":37040,"date":"2021-02-13T18:36:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T18:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=37040"},"modified":"2021-02-13T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T16:56:59","slug":"lekki-toll-gate-buhari-linked-to-arrest-of-mr-macaroni-end-sars-protesters-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lekki-toll-gate-buhari-linked-to-arrest-of-mr-macaroni-end-sars-protesters-in-lagos","title":{"rendered":"Lekki toll gate: Buhari linked to arrest of Mr Macaroni, End SARS protesters in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Deji Adeyanju, popular activist, on Saturday, linked President Muhammadu Buhari to the arrest of End SARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>Adeyanju said the police arrested popular comedian, Mr Macaroni and other protesters on Buhari government\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n<p>The convener of Concerned Nigerian stated this in a series of tweets, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cThe suffering and smiling police officers acting on the instructions of the Buhari regime have just collected @mrmacaroni\u2019s phones and his IG live stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a democracy but a military regime. #OccupyLekkiTollGate<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#OccupyLekkiTollGate: 10 protesters, Juwon, Kehinde, Kiara, and others arrested at the Lekki TollGate a few minutes ago. They\u2019re currently being taken to an unknown destination in a Black Maria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST had reported earlier that police operatives deployed to Lekki toll gate had arrested some protesters including Mr Marcaroni.<\/p>\n<p>End SARS protesters had called for demonstration over the reopening of the Lekki toll gate.<\/p>\n<p>The aggrieved youths had vowed to shutdown the facility via a fresh protest planned to commence today.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the End SARS had granted the Lekki Concession Company, LCC, permission to reopen the Lekki toll gate.<\/p>\n<p>The toll gate was closed after the October 2020 incident that led to the killings of some End SARS protesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Deji Adeyanju, popular activist, on Saturday, linked President Muhammadu Buhari to the arrest of End SARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State. 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