Police dispersed the youths mourning the untimely passing of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad in Lagos on Thursday.
Scores of Lagos residents who attended Mohbad’s candlelight procession took to their heels when police allegedly threw tear gas to disperse them.
The procession started earlier in the evening at Lekki Phase 1 and the memorial concert began later by 8 PM at the Muri Okunola Park in Victoria Island, Lagos.
However, by 11 pm, those still carrying on the procession at Lekki began crying out on social media that they were teargassed by the police to disperse them.
Videos from the scene show people running as smoke from the tear gas rises all around them.
One video shows people falling while running.
This move has sparked outrage from Nigerians on X (formerly Twitter).
See the video here.
