Following unending protests by advocates of the #EndSARS movement, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has imposed a 24-hiur curfew in the state.
In a statement issued, on Tuesday, by the governor himself, he said that though the state government was supportive of the agitation of the youths, yet it would not stand fly by and watch things degenerate before action is taken.
The statement read thus, “I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our State.
” As a government that is alive to its responsibility and has shown a commitment to the movement #ENDSARS, we will not watch and allow anarchy in our dear state.
“I, therefore, hereby impose a 24-hour curfew on all parts of the State as from 4:00pm today, 20th October,2020. Nobody, except essential service providers and first responders must be found on the streets.”
