Civil society organisations have condemned the Lagos State Government and the state police command over the alleged tear-gassing of elderly pensioners who protested at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday.The groups, under the aegis of the Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights and other civil society organisations, demanded an investigation into the incident and accountability for anyone found responsible for the alleged use of force against the retirees.The pensioners had reportedly gathered at the Assembly gate to demand payment of their outstanding pensions, gratuities and other entitlements.Speaking at a press conference in Ijaye on Wednesday, the President of the CHSR, Alex Omotehinse, described the incident as part of what he called a growing pattern of security agencies disrupting peaceful protests in the state.Omotehinse said, “We have observed that under this constitutional government, it has already become a norm that every protest will be attacked, assaulted and dismembered.”He recalled that CHSR and other civil society organisations were also tear-gassed during a protest by victims of demolition in Lagos in January.According to him, the latest incident was particularly disturbing because the protesters were elderly pensioners who had spent decades working for the state.“These aged men and women, they are not activists. They are not motorists. They are aged people that have served Lagos State for about 85 per cent of their lifetime—32, 33, 35 years in service,” he said.Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. The groups, under the aegis of the Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights and other civil society organisations, demanded an investigation into the incident and accountability for anyone found responsible for the alleged use of force against the retirees.The pensioners had reportedly gathered at the Assembly gate to demand payment of their outstanding pensions, gratuities and other entitlements.Speaking at a press conference in Ijaye on Wednesday, the President of the CHSR, Alex Omotehinse, described the incident as part of what he called a growing pattern of security agencies disrupting peaceful protests in the state.Omotehinse said, “We have observed that under this constitutional government, it has already become a norm that every protest will be attacked, assaulted and dismembered.”He recalled that CHSR and other civil society organisations were also tear-gassed during a protest by victims of demolition in Lagos in January.According to him, the latest incident was particularly disturbing because the protesters were elderly pensioners who had spent decades working for the state.“These aged men and women, they are not activists. They are not motorists. They are aged people that have served Lagos State for about 85 per cent of their lifetime—32, 33, 35 years in service,” he said.Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. The pensioners had reportedly gathered at the Assembly gate to demand payment of their outstanding pensions, gratuities and other entitlements.Speaking at a press conference in Ijaye on Wednesday, the President of the CHSR, Alex Omotehinse, described the incident as part of what he called a growing pattern of security agencies disrupting peaceful protests in the state.Omotehinse said, “We have observed that under this constitutional government, it has already become a norm that every protest will be attacked, assaulted and dismembered.”He recalled that CHSR and other civil society organisations were also tear-gassed during a protest by victims of demolition in Lagos in January.According to him, the latest incident was particularly disturbing because the protesters were elderly pensioners who had spent decades working for the state.“These aged men and women, they are not activists. They are not motorists. They are aged people that have served Lagos State for about 85 per cent of their lifetime—32, 33, 35 years in service,” he said.Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Speaking at a press conference in Ijaye on Wednesday, the President of the CHSR, Alex Omotehinse, described the incident as part of what he called a growing pattern of security agencies disrupting peaceful protests in the state.Omotehinse said, “We have observed that under this constitutional government, it has already become a norm that every protest will be attacked, assaulted and dismembered.”He recalled that CHSR and other civil society organisations were also tear-gassed during a protest by victims of demolition in Lagos in January.According to him, the latest incident was particularly disturbing because the protesters were elderly pensioners who had spent decades working for the state.“These aged men and women, they are not activists. They are not motorists. They are aged people that have served Lagos State for about 85 per cent of their lifetime—32, 33, 35 years in service,” he said.Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Omotehinse said, “We have observed that under this constitutional government, it has already become a norm that every protest will be attacked, assaulted and dismembered.”He recalled that CHSR and other civil society organisations were also tear-gassed during a protest by victims of demolition in Lagos in January.According to him, the latest incident was particularly disturbing because the protesters were elderly pensioners who had spent decades working for the state.“These aged men and women, they are not activists. They are not motorists. They are aged people that have served Lagos State for about 85 per cent of their lifetime—32, 33, 35 years in service,” he said.Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. He recalled that CHSR and other civil society organisations were also tear-gassed during a protest by victims of demolition in Lagos in January.According to him, the latest incident was particularly disturbing because the protesters were elderly pensioners who had spent decades working for the state.“These aged men and women, they are not activists. They are not motorists. They are aged people that have served Lagos State for about 85 per cent of their lifetime—32, 33, 35 years in service,” he said.Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. According to him, the latest incident was particularly disturbing because the protesters were elderly pensioners who had spent decades working for the state.“These aged men and women, they are not activists. They are not motorists. They are aged people that have served Lagos State for about 85 per cent of their lifetime—32, 33, 35 years in service,” he said.Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “These aged men and women, they are not activists. They are not motorists. They are aged people that have served Lagos State for about 85 per cent of their lifetime—32, 33, 35 years in service,” he said.Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Omotehinse questioned the justification for the alleged police action, asking, “What was their offence that must have warranted these aged men and women to be tear-gassed?”He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. He also challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to clarify whether his administration authorised the action.“Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “Governor Sanwo-Olu needs to answer this question. On what basis did Sanwo-Olu have to instruct the police to tear-gas protesters? That is the pensioners,” he said.The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. The CHSR president also criticised the pension benefits reportedly available to former governors in Lagos, contrasting them with the difficulties faced by pensioners in accessing their entitlements.He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. He said civil society organisations had challenged the law providing benefits for former governors, including the provision of new vehicles.“Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “Every ex-governor in Lagos is entitled to three brand-new cars every three years. So these aged people that do not demand cars, they are not entitled to cars,” he said.Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Omotehinse also challenged the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, over his reported claim that videos and photographs purporting to show the pensioners being tear-gassed were AI-generated.“We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “We listened to a press conference where the CP Lagos tried to distort the facts by giving lies, saying the video and the footage you are seeing are AI-generated. They are nothing like the tear-gassing of the protest,” he said.He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. He challenged the police commissioner to investigate the footage and prosecute those responsible if it was established that the videos were fabricated.“If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “If truly it is AI-generated, go after those who made the fake news or those who are promoting that AI-generated video,” he added.Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Also speaking, the Coordinator of the Community Women Initiative, Funmilayo Ajayi, questioned what she described as the different treatment of political rallies and protests by security agencies.Related NewsW’Bank backs tariff, subsidy reforms in Nigeria’s power sectorLured online, sold for $5,000: How Nigerian youths are trapped in Asia’s cyber-slave camps (2)NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises“Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “Why must it be that when politicians occupy the streets of Lagos, they will say there is something like they will hijack it? That is the language of the police,” she said.Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Ajayi added, “But when masses occupy the streets of Lagos, it will be hijacked and people will be tear-gassed. Why?”She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. She described the pensioners as “armless mothers and fathers” whose only means of expressing their grievances were placards and solidarity songs.“They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “They were not beggars. They were not begging the government for anything. They were asking for their rights and they are armless. The only weapon they have is their placards,” Ajayi said.She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. She demanded clarification from the state government and the police over who authorised the alleged use of tear gas.“Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “Who ordered the tear gas? Is it the Lagos State Government that ordered the aged mothers and fathers to be tear-gassed? Or is it that the police took the laws into their hands deliberately to tear-gas the mothers? We need an answer to the questions,” she said.Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Ajayi called on the state government to immediately pay the pensioners’ outstanding entitlements.Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Similarly, Ibrahim Oluwatobiloba of Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leadership described the alleged action of the police as “sacrilegious” and “shameful”.“The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “The action of the policemen on that day is sacrilegious. Nobody would expect that such an elderly citizen would be tear-gassed. In fact, it was shameful. It was like a scene from a movie,” he said.Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Oluwatobiloba said conflicting statements attributed to the police and the Lagos State Government made it necessary to establish who authorised the alleged action.“Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “Later, the Chief of Staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu came out and said the government did not order the tear-gassing of the elderly pensioners. Which contradicts the Commissioner of Police’s statement that it was AI-generated.“That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “That means there was tear-gassing on that day. So the question we should be asking is who ordered them to be tear-gassed,” he said.Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. Oluwatobiloba called for the prosecution of any police officers found to have participated in the alleged action and urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to caution the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. He alleged that the incident was part of a pattern under the current police leadership in Lagos, saying, “Under his watch, we have recorded three major incidents of tear-gassing protesters.”The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. The National Publicity Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Adewunmi Adesina, said the pensioners were exercising their right to demand their outstanding entitlements.“It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “It is the right of pensioners to get their money. But the government has decided to deny them their right. The government is supposed to respond to their cry,” Adesina said.He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. He described the alleged use of tear gas against the protesters as “wicked” and “inhumane”, adding that the police should protect peaceful protesters rather than disperse them with force.“It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said. “It is the right of every human to protest, and the police are supposed to guide them, but having gone this far, the police are gassing them. It is an abuse of their fundamental right,” he said.