Police Shuts Venue of Symposium Billed to Host Soyinka, Others

Soyinka

The police have sealed off the venue of a symposium where Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, and other speakers were to address the state of insecurity in the country.

The programme organized by a group known as Coalition for Revolution (CORE) was billed to hold at 46, Ibijoke street, Oluyole bus-stop, Oregun, Lagos.

It has as its theme: “Democracy, State Repression and the State of insecurity in Nigeria”.

When TheCable visited the venue on Monday morning, police vans were seen at strategic locations around the venue.

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Source: The Cable