Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos Tate has imposed a 24-hour curfew in the state.
The curfew takes effect from 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
The governor’s a too. followed wanton attacks on police stations, robberies, looting and molestation of motorists and other citizens by hoodlums and other criminal elements posing as protesters.
Nigerian youths have been protesting brutal activities of the FSARS, which have mowed down many youths in obvious cases cases of extra-judicial killings, while pretending to be fighting armed robbers.
The full statement reads,
I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our State.
As a government that is alive to its responsibility and has shown a commitment to the movement #ENDSARS, we will not watch and allow anarchy in our dear state.
I, therefore, hereby impose a 24-hour curfew on all parts of the State as from 4pm today, 20th October,2020.Nobody, except essential service providers and first responders must be found on the streets.
Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Governor, Lagos State
