A large number of police officers, including personnel from the Nigeria Police Force’s Area F Division, have been deployed on Thursday morning as protesters began to gather at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos to commemorate June 12 Democracy Day.
The demonstrators, made up of civil society organisations and pro-democracy activists, assembled to express dissatisfaction with the country’s deteriorating economic situation and growing insecurity under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
While the protest hasn’t officially commenced, security forces nevertheless remain on high alert.
