ENDSARS: Police chief defends teargassing protesters

Lagos State Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu has stood by his order to teargas anybody protesting at and around theLekki Toll Gate on Wednesday.

He told newsmen police fired the teargas to maintain law and order.

“The protest was between 8 am and 10 am, anything, after 10 am, is a nuisance,” he said.

“I discussed with them and they said they will end the protest by 10 o’clock. Other people doing it now just causing a nuisance. Some with machete, hammer, are they protesters or miscreants?

“The protesters are free; they have done their thing and left. Any other persons remaining are the miscreants, hoodlums that want to capitalise on that to attack innocent people and start robbing people. We will not allow that.”