Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The police in Lagos on Wednesday fired teargas canisters to disperse youth who held a procession in remembrance of the #EndSARS protest of October last year and the shooting of protesters at the Lekki tollgate.

What began as a peaceful car procession to mark the first memorial of the Lekki shooting turned into a rowdy demonstration as the security operatives arrested more than five protesters.

Among those arrested was a man armed with a machete and other harmful objects.

Around 8:40 a.m., the protesters in various vehicles flooded the Lekki tollgate despite the heavy police presence holding on to the Nigerian flag while chanting #EndSARS and honking their horns.

Two of the organisers, the Nigerian rapper, Folarin F...