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Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge tollgate set on fire

Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge toll gate has been set on fire.
The fire was reportedly set by hoodlums as #EndSARS protests degenerated in Lagos.
A report by AutoJosh said all the cubicles of the tollgate were burnt, according to video clips made available online Tuesday night.
This followed the imposition of curfew and the drafting of the armed policemen and soldiers to the flashpoints of protests.
Although the governor rescheduled the effective time for the curfew to 9pm, armed soldiers and policemen stormed the Lekki Toll Plaza, on Ozumba Mbadiwe, just after dawn.
Protesters who gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos were reportedly shot at by soldiers.
The shooting came on the back of the protesters refusing to leave the Lekki tollgate. This was after the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, declared a 24-hour curfew in the state from 4pm on Tuesday.
Governor Sanwo-Olu has ordered a probe into the shooting.
The Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge connects the Phase 1 area, of Lekki with the Ikoyi axis of Lagos.
The bridge spans a length of 1.36 km.
The Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge. It is the first of its kind cable-stayed pylon bridge in Nigeria.
A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge in which the weight of the deck is supported by a number of cables running directly to one or more towers.
The then Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, commissioned the bridge on Democracy Day (29th of May 2013) as part of the commemoration of his sixth year administration in Lagos.
The bridge was officially opened to the public on June 1, 2013.
Rasheed Bisiriyu

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