The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu has ordered the immediate release of demonstrators protesting the imminent reopening of the Lekki Toll gate for operation.
The order for release came after a Yaba magistrate court granted bail to the protestors.
They were arraigned on charges bordering on flouting the COVID-19 protocol on public gatherings, and “breaking an order not to protest”. They were granted bail in the sum of N100,000 each.
The protesters were arrested at the Lekki toll gate on Saturday morning and most of them were detained at Area J police command, Elemoro, Ibeju Lekki.
According to TVC, Odumosu this evening ordered that about 35 persons arrested in connection to #OccupyLekkiProtest be released immediately.