Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Civil rights activists and advocacy groups have condemned the Lagos State Government and the Lagos State Police Command over the violent dispersal of peaceful protesters and journalists at the Lagos State House of Assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday.

PREMIUM TIMES reported earlier on Wednesday that residents from Makoko, Owode-Onirin Spare Parts Market, Oworonshoki, Bariga, Ajegunle and other affected communities had marched from Ikeja Underbridge to the Assembly to protest years of forced evictions and demolitions that have displaced families and destroyed livelihoods.

The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as "Save Our Souls" and "Stop the Killings, Stop Demolition of Our Homes."

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