Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- The Lagos State Police Command said it will charge two leaders of a protest on Wednesday, despite the reported largely peaceful conduct of the protest.

It was rather the police that, without any provocation from the assembly, attacked protesters and journalists covering the event with gunfire leaving many injured.

PREMIUM TIMES reported earlier on Wednesday that members of civil society groups joined residents of Lagos waterfront communities, including Makoko, Owode Onirin and Oworonshoki, to protest ongoing demolition exercises by the state government.

In a statement posted on X, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Adebisi, said the protesters blocked Awolowo Way in front of the Lagos State H...