Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state effective 4pm Tuesday.

Sanwo-Olu said this in a statement while lamenting that the protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings had become violent.

He said, “I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our state.

“As a government that is alive to its responsibility and has shown a commitment to the movement #ENDSARS, we will not watch and allow anarchy in our dear state.

“I, therefore, hereby impose a 24-hour curfew on all parts of the State as from 4pm today, 20th October, 2020. Nobody, except essential service providers and first responders must be found on the streets.”

The #EndSARS protests rocking the country have continued unabated for almost two weeks with youths refusing to leave the streets until the Government tick all their 5 demands.

Suspected hoodlums have however hijacked the #EndSARS campaign in some cities, wreaking havoc and vandalising public assets in Lagos, Benin, Abuja, amongst other major cities.