The #Endsars protesters at Lekki on Saturday arrested and handed over a co-protester, Yusuf Lawal, aged 25, of Ojuelegba area of Lagos, to the police for allegedly stealing a phone.
The protesters, who were angry over the incident, descended on him and gave him some beating before they agreed to hand him over to the police at Maroko Police Station for prosecution.
Though the stolen phone has not been recovered as the suspect passed on the phone to his fleeing gang members, the spokesman for the police command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the police were working on the useful information gathered from him to track down his gang fleeing members.
“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has reiterated that this incident is a clear indication that the protests, across the state, have been hijacked by some hoodlums who hide under the #EndSARS protests to steal, loot and cause damage to people’s property.
He therefore advised protesters to be watchful of those who have infiltrated into their processions to cause pains on innocent Lagosians.
Lekki protesters hand phone thief to police
[FILES] A demonstrator holds a placard to protest against abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) at the Lekki toll Plaza in Lagos, on October 12, 2020. - Nigerians protested to pressure the government to follow through on disbanding a feared police unit after authorities made the rare concession in the face of widespread anger over abuses. Around 2,000 people blocked one of the main highways in the country's biggest city Lagos, demanding officials make good on an announcement on October 11, 2020, that the federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was being scrapped. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
