Officers of the Lagos State Police Command have attacked peaceful protesting physically challenged athletes firing teargas at the protesters.
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The physically challenged athletes who were protesting their exclusion from the 2022 National Sports Festival in Delta State and other sundry issues, were attacked and teargassed by Policemen in a bid to disperse the crowd
The disabled athletes had taken over the road leading to Teslim Balogun and the National Stadium to express their displeasure over being excluded from the event scheduled to commence on November 28.
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As the demonstration continued on the road with gridlock intensified and affected vehicular movements as well as increased travel time around the axis, residents alerted the police for intervention and to persuade the demonstrators to leave the road.
Minutes after the policemen’s arrival and all efforts to persuade the protesters to leave the road proved failed, the law enforcement agents resorted to firing teargas canisters at the protesters.
