Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has imposed a 24-hour curfew in the state following violence witnessed in the last two days in the ongoing #EndSARS protests.
Governor Sanwo-Olu announced via his Twitter handle on Tuesday that the curfew would take effect from 4 pm.
The tweet reads:
“Dear Lagosians, I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society,” he wrote.
“Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our state.
“As a government that is alive to its responsibility and has shown a commitment to the movement #ENDSARS, we will not watch and allow anarchy in our dear state.
“I, therefore, hereby impose a 24-hour curfew on all parts of the State as from 4pm today, 20th October 2020. Nobody, except essential service providers and first responders, must be found on the streets.”
Persons suspected to be hoodlums, had earlier in the day set ablaze the Orile Iganmu Police Station in the Surulere axis of the state.
Eyewitness claimed that the incident occurred about 9.45 am.
To ward off the attack, policemen shot at the hoodlums but that did not deter them.
Ayo Micheal, spokesman for the Apapa-Iganmu Local Government Area official, “Yes, the station has been attacked.
