There was tension on Thursday night as police officers allegedly fired tear-gas canisters at sympathisers who held a candlelight procession in honour of the late singer Mohbad at Lekki tollgate.
Mohbad, 27, died on September 12 and was buried the next day.
On Thursday, a candlelight procession was held at Muri Okunola Park in honour of the late singer.
But in now-viral clips, thousands of Mohbad’s sympathisers were seen scampering for safety after they were allegedly dispersed with teargas.
A voice is heard exclaiming “they are tear-gassing us; we came for a peaceful protest” — in one of the clips.
Speaking of the incident in a series of tweets, Dotun, the OAP, said the police were “wrong for disrupting the gathering”.
The media personality also blamed the sympathisers for not applying “common sense”.
“Honesty over Honesty Nigerians do not listen. We do the most. This procession ended at Muri Okunola park over 3 hours ago. We ended and all left. Some still went to converge at the Lekki tollgate,” he wrote.
“It is not a peaceful protest. It is a candle procession. These guys clearly went to the toll gate and continued.
“It’s not a right for the police to do that but people hijack these things & turn it to something else. Muri Okunola was approved & it was a peaceful candle procession. It is just common sense. The people that went home, are they stupid? Apply this thing sometimes.”
Watch the videos below:
Police just released tear gas on the people who came for Mohbad candlelight 💔💔#JusticeForMohbad pic.twitter.com/xjuveKQnCe
— ✞ (@Deyvxxd_) September 21, 2023
Nigerian police don start again why the tear gas now ??🧐 Peaceful protest oo pic.twitter.com/95HZN1fua4
— TOIS 🌴 (@sammie_boi51) September 21, 2023
The Nigerian Police sprayed tear gas on Mohbad’s fans on peaceful protest at Lekki Toll Gate, and some people are thanking the Police for preventing another #EndSARS, and even blaming the notorious IPOB, their own drug-lords principals are secretly supporting. 😲 pic.twitter.com/Tnj2q2MISP
— Anthony J. Ologunleko 💙 (@A_ologunleko) September 22, 2023
Police throwing tear gas at Peaceful protesters at Mohbad’s candlelight in Lekki 💔🫠pic.twitter.com/DtfmyYHLB0
— BASITO (@itzbasito) September 21, 2023
