Lekki toll: Occupy protest flops as few people turn out
An attempt to stage a protest yesterday at the Lekki-Epe Expressway toll gate of Lekki Concession Company (LCC) against the Lekki toll review failed, as the anti-Lekki toll review protest led by convener, Mr. Dotun Hassan, could not muster enough public support with only a handful of people showing up.
The convener, who had been mobilising residents of Lekki throughout the week to join the protest, arrived at the Lekki Phase 1 gate about 9am as against the 7am convergence time he advertised to meet four other protesters and a couple of journalists invited to cover their protest. Addressing the journalists, Hassan said that it was important and constitutional to make their voices heard while demanding total cancellation of tolling at the Admiralty Circle Plaza and the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge.
After the address, the small group of protesters and media moved from the Lekki Phase 1 gate through Admiralty Road within Lekki Phase 1 and dispersed about 10.30am after a short protest. Officers of the Lagos State Police Command deployed to maintain law and order ahead of the Lekki toll protest displayed professionalism in their handling of the situation while keeping the peace and conveying a sense of security to law abiding citizens going about their normal business.
