#Endsars Memorial Protest: Police Harass ARISE Staff Covering The Protest At The Lekki Toll Gate (Video)

A Viral Video showing the moment police officers harassed Arise TV crew covering the #EndSARS protest memorial at Lekki Toll Gate has cursed outrage on the internet.

In the video, a masked up policeman was seen harassing the journalist  and also tried to seize their drone which was recording the protest in real-time

The British-born Arise TV journalist Adefemi Akinsanya was heard speaking in the background. A police officer was heard threatening to arrest her and her crew member who was flying the drone, as she insisted that they weren’t doing anything unlawful

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Reacting to the video a user identified as Ngwa 13 wrote: BBC and CNN can video the Taliban in Afghanistan, even Taliban that is a terrorist group recognize media rights, Nigeria police WHICH WAY? ?

Another user identified as Dammsleek noted that If the police can’t regard the press and other journalists so please who are the other citizens? We all are nothing until their uniform is off their head, he said. 

However, prior to the press assault, the Police had fired teargas at the Lekki tollgate to disperse protesters. This led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter.

Recall that the youths had converged on the Lekki tollgate to mark the first anniversary of #EndSARS protest which was held in October 2020.