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Youths To Protest Reopening Of Lekki Toll-Gate
Ganiyat Ganiyu
Aggrieved Nigerian youths have fixed Saturday, February 13, to protest against the reopening of Lekki Toll-gate, where unarmed EndSARS protesters were allegedly killed in October 2020.
The Lagos judicial panel investigating the alleged shootings had on Saturday approved the reopening of the Lekki tollgate after four months of shutting it down.
The nine-man panel resolved that the control of the tollgate to go back to the Lekki Concession Company, LCC, as a consequence of an application made to the panel to allow it to take over the plaza for repair and insurance claims.
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After the news went viral, aggrieved youths insisted that the Toll-gate should not be opened as justice had not been served for those who lost their lives during the peaceful #EndSARS protest.