Just in: Police take over Amotekun protest venue in Lagos

Just in: Police take over Amotekun protest venue in Lagos

Policemen , on Tuesday , barricaded the venue of the protest against the Federal Government ’ s position declaring the establishment of Operation Amotekun as illegal.
Recall that the Minister of Justice and Attorney -General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami , had in a statement , described the Western Nigeria Security network codenamed ‘ Operation Amotekun’ as illegal.
The protest , expected to hold at the Gani Fawehinmi Park , was organised by the Yoruba World Congress.
It was tagged as “Amotekun Solidarity Walk”.
The PUNCH ‘ s correspondent at the venue of the protest reported that over 20 police vans with armed policemen were present to prevent the group from accessing the park .