memorial protest at the Lekki Tollgate, has sought the intervention of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the payment of his medical expenses.had reported that one of the security agents detailed to guard the Lekki Tollgate during the memorial car procession was stabbed after tear gas canisters were fired by the police to disperse the protesters last Wednesday.
The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had said minimum force was used to protect lives and property when hoodlums infiltrated the protesters during the demonstration. Narrating his ordeal, Edun said he was stabbed while trying to protect the property of the Lekki Concession Company. He said, “Around 11.30am last Wednesday when the police said all those who were protesting at Lekki Tollgate should leave, the person who was coming behind me stabbed me with a knife and before I could understand what was happening, I was rushed to the police hospital.
“The person that stabbed me was one of the protesters; those who were protesting to mark the one-year anniversary of“I was stabbed in my abdomen in front of the Lekki Tollgate. I work with LCC and I was attached to them from the Lagos State Ministry of Environment.”
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