Agitators for Yoruba Nation, on Saturday, attempted to converge at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota area of Lagos but were prevented by security operatives, who took over strategic areas of the state to forestall the breakdown of law and order.
The agitators had defiled the warning against holding any rally in Lagos state.
They however refuse to leave the venue, forcing police to shoot teargas at them.
Some of the agitators were seen being dragged into an armoured personnel carrier by policemen. There were however no reports of any injury or fatalities.
The agitators arrived soon after the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, left.
Odumosu, who addressed journalists said the presence of security operatives at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, was the police command’s way of averting a breakdown of law and order in the state.
“We are just being security conscious and proactive,” he said, even as he recalled his warning on Thursday on why the rally must not hold.
“We learnt that some miscreants have perfected plans to seize the opportunity to cause mayhem in the society. Though the organisers of the rally made frantic efforts to say it will be peaceful, you and I know what happened during #EndSARS protests. EndSARS started peacefully but up till now, Lagos State has not been able to get out of the destruction that happened during the EndSARS,” he added
However, a major convener of the rally, Sunday Igboho, failed to show up as expected. The DSS had declared him wanted after he escaped the raid on his house on Thursday.
