Police disperses ‘Operation Amotekun’ protesters in Lagos

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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, barricaded the venue of the protest against the Federal Government’s position declaring the establishment of Operation Amotekun as illegal.

The protest, expected to hold at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, was organized by the Yoruba World Congress. It was tagged as “Amotekun Solidarity Walk”.

It would be recalled that the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had in a statement, described the Western Nigeria Security network tagged: ‘Operation Amotekun’ as illegal.

At the venue of the protest, over 20 police vans with armed policemen were present to prevent the group from accessing the park.

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