Police fire tear gas to disrupt #EndSARS memorial at Lagos’ Lekki tollgate

Leads with “Breaking” and highlights police firing tear gas at #EndSARS mourners at Lekki tollgate, focusing on dispersal before a wreath-laying ceremony.

Emphasises disruption of the memorial and names tear gas targets and attendees, including Rhodes-Vivour and Funso Doherty, in a detailed rundown of those present.

Uses a brief “JUST IN” framing focused narrowly on police dispersing the Lekki tollgate memorial with teargas, without added context.

Highlights the planned 11 a.m. wreath-laying ceremony and frames the incident around organisers’ schedule and the tear-gas dispersal.

Frames the story around specific governorship candidates and references video evidence showing tear gas being fired to disperse them.

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos, and Funso Doherty, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) gubernatorial candidate in the city, were among a group of residents and journalists police tear-gassed at the Lekki tollgate on Tuesday morning.   The politicians had joined a wreath-laying memorial for victims of the October 2020 #EndSARS protest.   The procession was organised by the Enough is Enough (EiE) movement.   Everyone soon scampered for safety before the wreaths could be laid however, as police officers who had converged on the tollgate before the memorial could commence, immediately made it clear that the event would not be holding by dispersing the small crowd with teargas canisters.     In the ensuing melee, some persons were injured as traffic began to snarl on the busy expressway.   According to the Lagos state judicial panel of inquiry’s report on the Lekki incident of October 20, 2020, nine people were confirmed dead, while four others were listed as missing and presumed dead.   The nine listed as dead are Victor Sunday Ibanga, Abuta Solomon, Jide, Olalekan Abideen Ashafa, Olamilekan Ajasa, Kolade Salami, Folorunsho Olabisi, Kenechukwu Ugoh and Nathaniel Solomon.   The four listed as missing and presumed dead were Abiodun Adesanya, Ifeanyi Nicholas Eji, Tola and Wisdom.   The organisers said they had arrived at the venue with 15 wreaths including one for Pelumi Onifade, the journalist who was shot dead during the anti-police brutality protests.