Armed military forces and members of the Lagos State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad, RRS, have cordoned off Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, in order to maintain peace and order in the region.
On Tuesday, some youth organizations planned to hold a protest outside the park in protest of the horrible murder of Oluwabamise Ayanwola, a 22-year-old fashion designer who was killed in a Lagos Island BRT.
The youths had threatened to storm the state secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, and all BRT stations in the state in an earlier flier.
They also requested that all suspects in the death be prosecuted and that justice be served to the dead and his family.
The groups have accused the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Lagos Bus Services Limited, LBSL, administration of the BRT, of being silent on the matter.
Security forces have blocked off Fawenhimi Freedom Park, preventing any type of gathering in the vicinity, presumably to ensure law and order and the safety of lives and property.
Security troops, including the Police, Army, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were positioned as early as 7 a.m. around Ojota Bus Stop and its surrounds at crucial spots.
With scores of police vans, powerful anti-riot gun trucks, and Black Marias, the Department of State Services is also among the combined security forces at the event.
Meanwhile, as of 9.45 a.m., there were no demonstrators at the proposed demonstration sites of Fawenhimi Park and Alausa Secretariat in Ikeja.
The lone meeting at Alausa was a gathering of women’s groups commemorating the annual International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8.
Civil servants, motorists, and residents, on the other hand, were observed going about their daily routines as security forces ensured adequate protection of lives and property.
Recall that the Lagos State Police Command announced Bamise’s death on Monday, after he went missing on February 26 after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service.
