The planned #RevolutionNow protest scheduled to commence today may likely not go as planned as security operatives have surrounded the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, to prevent protesters from having access to the facility.

Reports also say security agents have been stationed at the entrance of the University of Ibadan in Oyo state where protesters are likely to converge.

The security agents have the OP MESA vans and police officers around the Lagos stadium.

Their presence also prevented athletes entrance into the stadium as some of them were seen training outside.

The Operation MESA or OP MESA, as it is commonly referred to, is a joint Internal Security Operational platform made up of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the February 2019 General Election, Omoyele Sowore and his party had called for the staging of the #RevolutionNow in what they described as a protest against bad governance in the country.

Sowore was, however, arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at his Lagos home in the early hours of Saturday over allegations of threat to public peace.

READ ALSO: #FreeSowore: Twitter users lambaste government, DSS, call for Sowore’s release

Meanwhile, some Nigerians have taken to Twitter to react to the presence of security agents at the National Stadium in a bid to stop the protesters.

Tweeting with the hashtag #RevolutionIsNow, they condemned the government for deploying security agents to the streets to stop the protesters.

 

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#RevolutionIsNow
At University of Ibadan.
Forces are there but no protest yet. pic.twitter.com/6dMtBHxe4Q

— itami • (@t00n_days) August 5, 2019

Look at your shameless men showing their strength, calling for reinforcements on not so much a gathering of harmless and law abiding Nigerians. #RevolutionIsNow pic.twitter.com/AeRuQjniYY

— TOLUWALASE(FCA-iv)???? (@firstclassjerry) August 5, 2019

Why are the police men armed??
I’m yet to see a single armed protester. #RevolutionIsNow pic.twitter.com/geoD5eEnPJ

— вello ĸιng ĸнan ?? (@Bellokingkhan) August 5, 2019

I pity this country if we don’t speak up

See how police and military are deployed all over. Why not do this to the insecurity in the country. This country ehn if religion no divide us, or maybe the tribe then this abuse on our justice and freedom will.

Fake #RevolutionIsNow

— Ayomide (CEOSTOR??) (@CEOstorng) August 5, 2019

It doesn’t matter if Sowore used #RevolutionIsNow or #BringBackOurGirls Or #helpNigerians the government will always find a way to stop it. Tuface was not a politician neither did he project any form of civil disobedience, but we all know how it ended..

— TALIS ARMANII (@armaniiNGR) August 5, 2019

Just passed through the national stadium and you’d be amazed at the battalion of soldiers and other security agents on ground. Why can’t we direct same energy in renovating the stadium instead of positioning security agents to stop a peaceful protest. #RevolutionIsNow

— That tall ekiti boy (@Seyi_shy1) August 5, 2019

Military men that are supposed to be combatting terrorism and kidnapping in this country are rather deployed to tackle #RevolutionIsNow. God have mercy on us biko ? pic.twitter.com/88JVw3ItMK

— BoDa JoE ™ ??? (@bodajoe_) August 5, 2019

Why are the police men armed??
I’m yet to see a single armed protester. #RevolutionIsNow pic.twitter.com/geoD5eEnPJ

— вello ĸιng ĸнan ?? (@Bellokingkhan) August 5, 2019

So @MBuhari we have this types of guns but Kidnappers are all over this country… You no try at all. #RevolutionIsNow #RevolutionNow pic.twitter.com/iqIMMSVs2B

— J.A OLAOYE MCP (The Data Guy) (@JA_Olaoye) August 5, 2019

Why are the Police shooting tear gas up and down in Surulere. I thought the citizens have the right to a peaceful protest. #RevolutionIsNow

— Okolo Chibuzor (@ChiefOnodugo) August 5, 2019

Police fired at me at #RevolutionIsNow protest #FreeSoworeNow pic.twitter.com/7JOmTzEXw0

— Ridwan Ajayi (@RidwanAjayi_) August 5, 2019