Youths in their hundred have taken to the street of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Wednesday, in memorial of the victims of the Lekki toll gate shooting a year after the End SARS protests.
It will be recalled that the End SARS protests which took place last year were organised in order to protest police brutality.
In the aftermath of the protest, many lives were lost and properties worth billions of naira were destroyed. No fewer than five police officers also died during the protest which took place in October last year.
The Oyo State Police Command, has on Tuesday, issued a warning that no protest should be organised in commemoration of the endsars protests
Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, advised parents and guardians not to allow their children to take part in the protest.
The police, in a bid to resist the protesters, stationed their vehicles and officers at strategic locations in Ibadan.
Among the areas visited by Naijatodaynews where there was heavy police presence include Iwo road, Mokola Roundabout, Sango, University of Ibadan, Agbowo junction, Dugbe, and Oyo State Secretariat.
However, the protesters came out in their hundreds despite the warning by the state police command and heavy police presence. Scores of youths on Wednesday dared the police command by staging the protest.
The youths took the protest to areas such as Iwo Road, Agodi and Oyo State Secretariat, noting that they had the right to peaceful protests.
The protesters, who carried Nigerian flags and various placards, said that they were protesting peacefully and that there will be a candle night procession at Ojo roundabout by 4pm.
