A heavy police presence, including officers from the Nigeria Police Force’s Area F Division, was observed on Thursday morning as protesters began assembling at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos to mark June 12 Democracy Day.

The demonstrators, made up of civil society organisations and pro-democracy activists, assembled to express dissatisfaction with the country’s deteriorating economic situation and growing insecurity under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

While the protest hasn’t officially commenced, security forces nevertheless remain on high alert.