Tuesday, Nigeria declared a 24-hour curfew in Lagos as violence erupted in protests that shook the cities across the country.
"Dear Lagosians, 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," Babajide Sanwo-Olu wrote in a tweet as he announced the curfew for 24 hours.
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," he wrote on Twitter.
Demonstrators participated in daily protests across the country for two weeks over widespread claims of kidnapping, harassment and fraud by a police unit known as the SARS.
Only essential service providers and first responders will be allowed on the streets of Lagos, which has an estimated population of more than 20 million people.
"Thugs and sponsored hoodlums" are attacking peaceful protestors across Nigeria. The current death toll is not known, but death and severe injuries have been reported since the weekend, Amnesty International said in a tweet.
The prediction was due to a total disregard for the preventive measures against the virus exhibited by thousands of citizens protesting in the ongoing #Endsars campaign across various cities in the country, Boss Mustapha, secretary to the Federal Government told the media in Abuja on Monday.
According to Mustapha, any mass gathering that does not adhere to the non-pharmaceutical interventions that have been put in place, which include wearing masks, social distancing, keeping personal hygiene and avoiding mass gatherings, could result in a disaster for the Nigerians.
According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, the country's tally of COVID-19 infections has hit 61,558 with 118 new cases on Monday.
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