Photos: Armed police officers, soldiers clash with #RevolutionNow protesters in Lagos

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Photos: Armed police officers, soldiers clash with #RevolutionNow protesters in Lagos






As early as 7am, armed policemen, backed by soldiers blocked the National Stadium, Surulere in Lagos, where the #RevolutionNow protest was expected to take off.  
 
According to eye witness reports, those who were unfazed by police presence and confronted the officers were teargassed. One person was allegedly shot. And some arrests were also made, with some protesters packed inside a Black Maria.  
 
The organisers of the protest had asked Nigerians to gather at the stadium by 8am today while the Abuja Convergence will be at Unity Fountain by 10am, according to Senami Kojah, who has been issuing press releases on behalf of the organisers.  
 
See more photos from the clash in Lagos...
 





by Linda Ikeji at 05/08/

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More Photos Of Police Arresting #revolutionnow Protesters In Lagos

Tijani Fatai, an assistant commissioner of police, says members of #RevolutionNow movement were dispersed from the National Stadium, Lagos, because they did not seek permission from the police before gathering.

The activists had converged on the stadium ahead of a nationwide protest.

Addressing journalists after members of the movement were dispersed, Fatai justified the use of teargas in dislodging the protesters.

Asked why the police fired teargas at them, Fatai responded: “Because it is an unlawful assembly.”

Watch the video below 

Source:https://www.quicknaija.com/revolutionnow-police-revealed-why-they-fired-teargas-at-protesters/





Below are photos of Nigerian Police Force arresting some of the protesters in Lagos State.

Ongoing Revolution Is Now is currently going on and the police force are arresting people peacefully protesting.

See photos below...



Source: https://gidifeed.com/photos-of-police-arresting-revolutionnow-protesters-in-lagos/

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Victor Ogbunbenro Arrested At Revolution Now Protest (Photos, Video)


Victor Ogungbenro, the team lead of SaharaReporters Video Team, has been arrested by security agents deployed to the National Stadium, Surulere, venue of the # RevolutionNow protest.

Ogungbenro, along with other SaharaReporters journalists, had gone to the venue of the protest to cover the protest.

However, in a video that is now on SaharaReporters Facebook page, protesters were harassed and whisked away into a van marked, 'Lagos State Task Force'. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYYvFkTqzVQ&t=0m37s

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Charly Boy, Eedris Abdulkareem At The 'Revolution Now' Protest

Nigerian Singer, Presenter and controversial entertainer, Charles Chukwuemeka, alias Charly Boy, and Nigerian Veteran Rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem were seen partaking in today's #RevolutionNow protest.

The entertainers, spearheaded a group of protesters as they sang "solidarity for ever" 

In the video, obtained by Swagalicious Flikz, Eedris can be heard confirming that they had just been teargassed but they are not backing down till Sowore is freed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bca0Lbb45nQ

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#RevolutionNow: 'Free Sowore' Protest In London (Photos)



In respect of the arrest of the Revolution now convener and former presidential aspirant, Sowore.


This group convened at the Nigerian embassy in London to demand his release.


According to the video, they said instead of them arresting Sowore, they should go to Sambisa Forest and arrest the Boko Haram and also arrest kidnappers because they are the ones making Nigeria uncomfortable

see video 
https://favytalk.blogspot.com/2019/08/free-sowore-hits-london.html?m=1

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Revolution Now Protest In Osun: Elderly Woman Brutalized By Police (Photo)olice brutalise woman, journalist, arrest 10 in Osun

In Osogbo, Osun State, an elderly woman identified as Sariyu Akanmu, was brutalised by policemen while 10 members of the #RevolutionNow were arrested.

The police had asked the protesters to disperse but the youth, numbering about 30, decked in orange beret and handkerchiefs, stood their ground and sang protest songs for about two hours.

The security men later seized their public address system and ordered them to fold their banners.

This led to a clash between the police and the protesters.

The police descended on the protesters, beat them up, before firing tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd.

In the ensuing melee, Sariyu, who is about 70 years old and sells fufu, was brutalised by a policewoman, while another policeman hit her with his footwear.

Journalists and many bystanders were also not spared, as a police woman released tear gas canister into the face of Sunday Oguntuyi, the correspondent of Nigeria News Direct newspaper.

Some members of the #RevolutionNow group were also brutalised by the DSS operatives, while about 10 members of the group were arrested.

Addressing newsmen earlier, Olawale Adebayo, who led the protest, demanded unconditional release of Sowore.

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A human rights lawyer, Mr Inibehe Effiong, has said no fewer than 60 protesters may have been arrested by the police in the states where the #RevolutionNow protest took place on Monday.

Effiong, who is also the National Legal Adviser of the African Action Congress, lamented that the clampdown on the protesters was an ominous sign of greater danger to come, adding that Nigeria was no longer practising democracy.

He said, “In Ogun State alone, we learnt that about 20 protesters were arrested, while nine were arrested in Lagos. In Cross Rivers, Ondo, Kwara, Nigerians were also arrested for demanding their rights.

“The militarisation is unwarranted. There is no need for this primitive deployment of state power to quell an ordinary civic response to the situation in the country. The government, the police and the army did not need to do this.

“Even the manner they went about it clearly shows that Nigeria is not a democratic country. When you have soldiers and policemen being heavily mobilised with armoured personnel carriers, AK-47 and other assault rifles; and they are opening bullets on people, using tear gas and arresting protesters who were just singing.

“Look at the Lagos protest for example. We were not even disrupting traffic flow. We were just at one spot when those people swoop on us. For me, I find it troubling and it is an ominous sign of the danger the country is facing. It also shows the deterioration of democratic values. It is a way of telling the international community that Nigeria is back to the dark era of censorship, intolerance and totalitarianism.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/60-arrested-in-crivers-lagos-others-sowores-lawyer/amp/