Di 2026 remembrance for di Lekki Toll Gate shooting wey make people die during di 2020 EndSARS protest no happen as dem plan am, because police use teargas scatter di people wey gather there.
Police don already mount guard for di Toll Gate since morning time on Tuesday.
By 11 a.m., people wey come gather for di remembrance, including African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) governorship candidates, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Funsho Doherty, join with Yemi Adamolekun, one activist wey don dey use style immortalise wetin happen that day, reach di place.
Police come block anybody make dem no gather, as dem give excuse say na because of public safety and make free road dey for Lagos residents.
As di people still dey try do their thing to drop flowers (bouquets) for di Toll Gate, police throw teargas, scatter everybody and make di memorial stop sharp-sharp.
Rhodes-Vivour, Doherty Call for Better Police Welfare, Reforms As wahala dey with police, some opposition political leaders come yarn say make dem better police welfare and make strong reforms so that di kind violence wey follow di 2020 EndSARS protest no go happen again.
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Funsho Doherty, as dem dey talk for di Lekki tollgate, say di country must remember those wey die and solve di problems wey make protest start for first place.
Both of them talk say police officers need better working and living conditions before dem fit do their work well.
"When police well taken care of, dem go police better and more effectively," na so Rhodes-Vivour talk, as im add say police officers wey barracks spoil their houses dey scatter everywhere for Lagos.
Doherty for im own side, talk say Nigeria never try enough to reform police, especially for area of officers' welfare.
Im still support say state police make sense, but im warn say make e work go depend on how dem setup am and di rules wey dem put to protect am.
Immortalise Those Who Died, Gatherers Urge Government Both of them call for memorial to honour those wey die and beg government make dem answer wetin people dey complain about instead of just fighting protests.
"No Nigerian, no Lagosian suppose lose their life because dem dey complain about something wey dem no happy with government about," na wetin Doherty talk.
Yemi Adamolekun, di person wey organise di memorial, talk say, "Some people die, not just for Lagos, but across di country as dem dey protest police brutality.
"So this morning we decide, as we dey look at six years since EndSARS and remember those wey die."
Di EndSARS protest start for 2020 as young Nigerians carry placard say dem want make police brutality stop.
Adamolekun talk say Lagos judicial panel recognize nine deaths and list four people as missing and presumed dead.
Di people wey yarn beg government make dem make policing and governance better so citizens fit protest without fear say dem go lose their life.
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