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    Police Seal up Symposium Venue to Prevent Meeting From Holding

    • Date of Occurrence
      August 9, 2019
    • State/Country
      Lagos, Nigeria
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    Men of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday stormed and sealed the venue where a group of activists and citizens, including  Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, were to speak and deliberate on the state of insecurity in the country.

    The programme organised by a group, Coalition for Revolution, was scheduled to hold on Ibijoke Street, in the Oregun area of Lagos State at 11 am, but security agents stormed the venue and prevented participants from entering the place.

    Actions Taken

    Following the actions by security operatives, citizens took to the street to protest and address members of the press, expressing their dissatisfaction at the government’s consistent repression of democratic freedoms in the country.

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2019-08-09

    • State/Country

      Lagos, Nigeria

    • Perpetrator

      The Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Security

    • Legal Foundation

      Section 39 and 40 of the Nigerian Constitution

    • Source

      https://punchng.com/police-seal-programme-venue-to-stop-soyinka-falana/

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    • South West
    Rights & Freedom Violated
    • Right to Freedom of Association & Assembly
    Mode of Attacks
    • Criminalisation of Protests
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