#EndSARSMemorial: CP explains why tear gas cannisters were fired

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has explained that tear gas cannisters fired at the Lekki tollgate today were to disperse hoodlums, not protesters.

Speaking to journalists at the Lekki tollgate which is the venue of the #EndSARSMemorial protest, CP Odumosu said that #EndSARSMemorial protesters had already left the location, and those who hung around apart from the press were hoodlums who intend to steal and cause destruction.

Odumosu said that “The activists had informed us that their activity will start by 8am and last till 10am.

“They had an agreement with us that they will be having a car procession, which they are done with and have left.

“They told us that they finished their activities around 10am, adding that whoever is found still hanging around is not part of them.

“Those you can see around now are hoodlums who want to steal and cause destruction.

“We found knives, cutlasses and other dangerous materials in their(hoodlums) possession.

“Those cannot be protesters but hoodlums, and that is why they were chased away so that peaceful citizens can go about their lawful businesses.”