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BREAKING: Soldiers, Policemen Cordon Off Lagos Park Over Planned Protest On Bamise Ayanwole’s Murder

Following the outrage that trailed Bamise’s alleged gruesome murder, some youths vowed to embark on a protest on Tuesday.

There is heavy presence of security operatives at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos where some youths proposed to protest for slain Bamise Ayanwole.

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday, confirmed the death of Bamise, who went missing after boarding a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) service on February 26.

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Following the outrage that trailed Bamise’s alleged gruesome murder, some youths vowed to embark on a protest on Tuesday.

In a flier shared on Twitter as seen by The Nation, the youths vowed to storm the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja and all BRT terminals in Lagos State.

They also demanded justice for the 22-year-old lady and prosecution of all the suspects involved in the death of the fashion designer.[story_link align="left"]105915[/story_link]

Meanwhile, men of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are currently stationed at the park strategically.

Also operatives of the Department of State Services are among the joint security forces at the venue with scores of patrol vans, heavy anti-riot gun trucks and Black Marias.

No protester has been seen at the venue as of 9:00am when this report was filed, while vehicular movement and business activities continued uninterrupted along the axis.

SaharaReporters on Monday reported a seemingly cooked up confession where Andrew Omininikoron, the driver of BRT vehicle, denied killing Bamise.[story_link align="left"]105942[/story_link]

The driver had claimed he was accosted by some gunmen who forced him to stop around Carter Bridge and forcefully took the lady away.