Just a couple of hours before the planned anti-government protest, the Lagos State Police Command announced that their anti-bomb squad had successfully deactivated an improvised explosive device in the Ikeja area.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this information , but was not able to provide further details at the time of reporting.
The protest, organized by Nigerian youths to express discontent with the country’s economic challenges, was set to begin on Thursday, August 1, for a duration of 10 days.
Despite security alerts from law enforcement agencies urging organizers to reconsider their plans, the protest was still scheduled to proceed.
When contacted about the deactivation of the explosive device, Hundenyin simply said, “Yes, it happened today.”
