Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has relaxed the 24 hour curfew which it imposed on Lagos State on 20th October, 2020. This came as a result of the #EndSARS protests that went bloody.
Announcing the curfew, Governor Sanwo-Olu, who noted that the protest was already hijacked, declared that the government would not watch and allow anarchy in Lagos.
But while speaking on Arise TV on Thursday, October 22, the governor had hinted that the curfew might be relaxed soon.
In a subsequent development on Friday, the governor announced the relaxation of the curfew, saying Lagos state “needs to heal.”
Sanwo-Olu said the decision was made after close consultation with “various levels of security” stakeholders in the state despite “pocket of insecurity.”
“We still have a pocket of insecurity we need to deal with, just pocket to restore normalcy. We have decided that we are going to ease the curfew.
” For emphasis, people will be allowed to go out from 8am in the morning to 6pm in the evening. We have also commenced the clean up of the city.
” I appeal to our motorists to be careful. Drive with a lot of caution because there are still barricade. We will look at the curfew in Saturday and Sunday.. . Lagos needs to heal. And the healing has started.”
