By our reporter| Soldiers on Monday blocked the scene of planned #EndSARS in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The military officers were stationed at the popular Aya roundabout early Monday morning, with a roadblock and barricade.
Also, police officers are stationed in front of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) headquarters with Armoured Personnel Carrier and water cannons.
Protesters had defied Sunday night rain and camped overnight outside CBN headquarters protesting police brutality and extra-judicial killings but were forcelly dispersed by suspected thugs early on Monday norning according to social media reports.
The Nigerian Army had earlier on Sunday said its ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ which is kicks off on Tuesday across the ccountry is not targeted at the #EndSARS protests.
In a statement, army spokesperson Musa Sagir noted that the exercise has no relationship with any lawful protest under any guise whatsoever.
“For the records, Exercise Crocodile Smile is a yearly exercise in the Nigerian Army calendar/forecast of events which traditionally holds from October to December of each year,” the statement read.
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