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“Lagos State Government will designate a park in the state and name it ‘Peace Park’ to serve as a reminder to the citizens of Lagos State of the peaceful protest all over the state against abuse of human rights,”
* Aerial view shows #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, on October 15, 2020. © 2020 PIERRE FAVENNEC/AFP via Getty Images
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 2, 2021
The Lagos state government has accepted the recommendation of the judicial panel of inquiry to declare October 20 as a toll-free day. This according to the statement is necessary “as long as the Lekki tollgate exists”.
A white-paper committee was set up by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, following the submission of the judicial panel’s report.
The panel which submitted its report on November 15, presented two major reports dwelling on police brutality and the another on the Lekki incident.
According to the white paper released on Tuesday, the state government also accepted the recommendation of the panel to establish a ‘Peace Park’ as a reminder of peaceful protest in the state. The Peace Park according to a source will be modeled in the like of Trafalgar Square in London. as a place where youths and aggrieved citizens can always go to express themselves.
“Lagos State Government will designate a park in the state and name it ‘Peace Park’ to serve as a reminder to the citizens of Lagos State of the peaceful protest all over the state against abuse of human rights,” the document reads.
The white-paper committee also said “in the spirit of healing and reconciliation”, the state government will accept the panel’s recommendation that “October 20th of every year, the day is made a ‘Toll Free Day’ at the Lekki Toll Gate as long as the tollgate exists”.
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