There was chaos at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos State, on Wednesday, between athletes with disabilities and officers of the Lagos Police Command.
The WITNESS learnt that some of the disabled athletes thronged the road leading to Teslim Balogun and National Sports facilities on Wednesday morning to express displeasure over exclusion from the 2022 National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled for November 28 in Delta State knowing its their only source of living.
According to eyewitnesses, the protest was peaceful until the police officers arrived and reacted with a show of force, firing tear gas canisters at the protesters which was described as unnecessary.
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