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The Police on Wednesday fired teargas to diperse protesters at the Lekki tollgate.
This led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter.
The youths including celebrities had converged on the Lekki tollgate to mark the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in the country.
Earlier, men of the Lagos State Police Command arrested two protesters.One of those arrested claimed to be a journalist while the other was seen carrying a placard.
About 30 police trucks and armed personnel are currently at the tollgate to enforce the ban on protests issued by the police command.
The #EndSARS protests which were held in October 2020 were against the activities of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigeria Police Force which was accused of police brutality.
The epicentre of the protests was the Lekki tollgate in Lagos where many youths gathered day and night to air their grievances against police brutality.
They were dispersed from the location by armed soldiers on October 20, 2020, with many claiming that several lives were lost due to the action of the soldiers.
This was followed by the destruction of private and public properties by hoodlums in Lagos, which informed the latest warning issued by the police in the state.
The Lagos State Police Command had said no form of street protest in commemoration of the #EndSARS anniversary would be tolerated in any part of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, in a statement on Tuesday, dispelled the rumour circulating on social media that the police had agreed to allow street demonstrations to commemorate the #EndSARS protest anniversary.
He said the command would only allow indoor and virtual events in commemoration of the anniversary.