#Revolutionnow: Lagos Police Arrest Agba Jalingo, 18 Other Protesters

journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, and 18 other protesters have been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command during a #RevolutionNow protest in the Ikeja area of the state on Wednesday.

following an allegation of treason by the Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade.

But he was again arrested on Wednesday when protesters under the aegis of the #RevolutionNow movement stormed the under-bridge area of Ikeja to protest the deplorable condition of the country.

Jalingo’s driver, Clement Laruba, confirmed the development when our correspondent called Jalingo’s line to get updates on the protest.

“He left his phone with me and went to protest in Ikeja. He has been arrested by the police. I am his driver. I am currently on my way to the Area F Police Division in Ikeja.

“The protest started around 9am but I stayed where the car was parked while he left for the protest. But he later called me with someone’s number to inform me that he has been arrested,” Laruba said during the telephone conversation.

During the protest, it was learnt that the participants carried placards and chanted solidarity songs as they repeatedly moved around the roundabout located under the bridge opposite the Computer Village in Ikeja.

An eyewitness, who identified himself simply as Rasaq, said some of the protesters were a “When the police realised that the protesters were not coming toward their direction, they closed in on them and sprayed teargas to disperse them. In the process, some of the protesters ran into the Computer Village and the policemen gave them a hot chase and arrested some of them,” he said.rrested in the process.