{"id":52092,"date":"2021-10-20T11:27:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=52092"},"modified":"2021-10-20T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:27:56","slug":"endsars-protesters-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/endsars-protesters-in-lagos","title":{"rendered":"Police arrests EndSARS protesters in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\">Africa-Press-Nigeria<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Police in Lagos State are arresting EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate.<\/p>\n<p>One of them has been identified as Okechukwu Peter. His phone was seized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember those that were killed last year\u201d, he screamed as officers took him away.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52107\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091827-1536x1152-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091827-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091827-1536x1152-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091827-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091827-1536x1152-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091827-1536x1152-1-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another man dressed in a green and red Kangor outfit was thrown inside a black maria.<\/p>\n<p>He earlier complained that the police were suppressing the right of Nigerians to demonstrate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52109\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091846-1536x1152-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091846-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091846-1536x1152-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091846-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091846-1536x1152-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091846-1536x1152-1-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of stern-looking operatives are keeping watch around Lekkk, Ikoyi and Victoria Island.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no report of violence while traffic is moving slowly along toll gate corridor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52110\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091813.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091813.jpg 960w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091813-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/20211020_091813-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Nigeria The Police in Lagos State are arresting EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate. One of them has been identified as Okechukwu Peter. His phone was seized. \u201cRemember those that were killed last year\u201d, he screamed as officers took him away. 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