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Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Mediarero: 5:38pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Over 1,000 beggars on Tuesday blocked the entrance of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Governor’s Office to protest undue harassment and arrest by officials of the state government. The beggars, who came in over 10 buses and seven tricycles barricaded the entrance to the Assembly and demanded that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu addressed them, saying that they would sleep on the road if the governor did not come out. Despite plea by government officials telling them that the governor was not around, they refused to bend and vowed to remain there until they were seen by the governor. The protesters were armed with placards, some of which read: “Enough is enough, stop the persecution of people with disabilities,” “Save the waterfront, enforced conviction, we demand justice,”If you don’t want to see us begging on the streets, give us skills and empowerment,” “Seeing beggars all over our streets and roads is the failure of the system” and “We are tired of running without legs or eyes, give us skills and empowerment.” The beggars were chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ intermittently and dared the police to harass them. A cross section of the protesters Spokesperson of the beggars and Coordinator, Physically Challenged Empowerment Initiatives, PCEI, Mohammed Zanna, said in 2017, they protested in Alausa and refused to leave, but that many of them were arrested and taken to Majidun, which he described as a prison where they were ill-treated and manhandled by government officials. He said without making provision, government would make laws to arrest the beggars and dumped them at Majidun, as some of them had died in the hospital and in detention. According to him, some of the beggars had been able to purchase tricycles to do their businesses, but that now that the government had banned them, their situation had been made difficult, saying that people were now trekking from bus stops to their destinations and that some of the physically challenged among them did not have means of transportation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGf-1xmVrv0 1 Like 4 Shares
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Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Mediarero: 5:39pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
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Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Xzellentgraphic: 5:40pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Beggar association of nigeria.... 143 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Iruabua: 5:43pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Children that should be in school are begging on the streets 121 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by eagleu: 5:44pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Someone has worked really hard to assemble them here. 365 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Samyj247: 5:46pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
North 144 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by hisexcellency34: 5:48pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
I thought Lagos is no man's land. Why are they victimizing them? They are capable of bringing Sanwo-Olu's government down if provoked 24 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Jh0wsef(m): 5:51pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
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Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Ladycewhy(f): 5:52pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Lol, why southerners give these people money beats me. One yeye idiot said the other time that begging was their culture. Dear Southerners stop giving people who feel they are entitled to your money,let them starve on the streets if they want to or let them follow tomatos lorry back to their various states to continue their begging culture there. The day I saw a Hausa woman beggar eating food I cannot afford with two meat and pure water is the day I stopped giving these beggars money,to think all her kids were there too hustling and holding people's clothes to beg for money made it even more disgusting. 233 Likes 14 Shares |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by ecclize: 5:52pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
they found the new home 1 Like |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Slawormir: 5:52pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Damnnnnn niggarrr Isoright 3 Likes |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by YorubaKinging: 5:52pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Look at these fools... Go back to the headquarters of begging where it's a full time job Leave the city of God 33 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by IntellectOzone(m): 5:52pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
![]() 30k fine or 3month imprisonment ![]() Wetin Musa no go see for gate ![]() Na this wan dem dey call "The return of Almajiri" Every News coming from Lagos this days sef is not appreciating the Government Images at all. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Nobody: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Islam! The beggars were chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ intermittently and dared the police to harass them. Why can't you take your begging to your home state? All this kids that should be in school are already being groom for this? I pity Nigeria 71 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by itsme01: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
![]() Fashola would had just packed them and deport them immediately.. most of this beggars are fvcking rich . 38 Likes |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by CAPSLOCKED: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
FINALLY... A BEGGAR HAS CHOICES. 44 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Hoephase: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Looks more like Hausas-Fulani than Yorubas. ![]() 32 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Larrey(f): 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
At least pls return napep |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by thesicilian: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Some of our Nairaland beggers here should join them. 51 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Teewhy2: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Don't tell me they wrote those things, I hope someone is not using them to make fame and money. 14 Likes |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Nobody: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Samyj247: And South |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by cbrezy(m): 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
And many of them voted for BaBu in ![]() 67 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Jestin: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Nigeria Government should pay more attention to the less privileged and the vulnerable 3 Likes |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by olatilldend: 5:53pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Wetin gonorrhea nor go see inside toto ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by tribalistseun: 5:54pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Go back to Kano. Go and meet Baba Buhari and stop disturbing us here. 65 Likes
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Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by KmniAutos(m): 5:54pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
No comment Just see kids in this 21st century I spit on this thread... Truly there was a country 14 Likes
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Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Nobody: 5:54pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
Mtcheww Make una do find work |
Re: Beggars In Lagos Protest Against Harrassment, Block Goverment Offices by Jh0wsef(m): 5:54pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
kk |
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