#ENDSARS protesters, on Tuesday, blocked the main gates leading to Oyo State government secretariat, demanding the total end to Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), saying no reformation of the disbanded police units should be carried in the Nigeria Police Force.
The protesters, mostly youths, numbering over 10,000 took over a roundabout in front of the secretariat and the flyover bridge that leads to the secretariat from the Government House in Agodi.
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The development caused traffic gridlock as the demonstrators presented motorists, motorcyclists from accessing the secretariat from Bodija, Total Garden and Mokola roundabout ends.
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