The men of the police force have blocked and barricaded the entrance to the venue where Wole Soyinka and Femi Falana are expected to deliver note on the state of security in the country.
According to reports by the PUNCH, the symposium was scheduled to hold at 46, Ibijoke Street, Oluyole bus-stop, Oregun, Lagos. The event was tagged; ‘Democracy, State Repression and the State of Insecurity in Nigeria with the aim of creating “A working consultative assembly of activists and organizations against the draconian development and the detention of scores of activists in the DSS detention cells.”
It was also led by the popular and now controversial hashtag; #FreeSoworeNow/#RevolutionNow.