Police officers on Tuesday teargassed Lagos governorship candidates Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Funso Doherty, alongside residents and journalists, during a memorial procession for victims of the October 2020 #EndSARS protest at the Lekki tollgate.
Rhodes-Vivour, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, and Doherty, who is seeking the governorship on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), were among those who attended the event.
The procession was organised by the Enough is Enough (EiE) movement to honour victims of the #EndSARS protest.
However, the planned wreath-laying ceremony was disrupted when police officers deployed to the tollgate fired teargas canisters to disperse the gathering.
The development forced participants to flee the scene before they could lay the wreaths, according to TheCable.
The incident occurred on Tuesday morning as participants gathered to commemorate the protest, which took place in October 2020.
