Motorists were stuck in gridlock in places such as: Alausa Ikeja, Lekki, Ikorodu Road, Surulere, Yaba, among others axes, forcing traffic to a standstill.

The #ENDSARS protesters are protesting against police brutality, harassment and demanding for disbandment of Federal and state Special Anti-Robbery Squad across the federation.

The placards-carrying protesters barricaded the highways preventing any form of movement.

Some of the inscriptions on the placards read: Say No to Illegal Arrest of youths, # 1 Nigeria is Possible if all right is respected and protected. Stop Police harassment, brutality, now, among others.

The protesters barricaded the Alausa section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and environ.

Protest ongoing at National Stadium in Surulere in and out of the road. Motorists moving from Eko Bridge inward barracks are presently affected.

Due to the protest on going at Barracks, it has backlogged traffic from Fadeyi moving inward barracks at the point of the protest to Ketu Ojota axes of the road.

Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu is leading a delegation to Lekki area of Lagos Island where the protesters practically shut down all activities to appeal for calm.

This followed a meeting held with leaders of the staff unions in the institutions by officials of the state government in Ikeja on Tuesday.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser on Education to the Governor, Mr Tokunbo Wahab.

According to him, the state government said the payment was part of its efforts to maintain peace on the campuses.

Wahab reiterated the commitment of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to according education and workers welfare top priority.

Among the tertiary institutions whose workers will benefit from the development are Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, Ikorodu, the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, ACOED, Ijanikin, the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Epe among others.

Recall that the staff unions of the institutions had on Monday protested the non-payment of N30,000 monthly minimum wage to their members and locked the gates to the instructions.

The Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, was among top management staff of LASU not allowed into the campus by the protesting workers on Monday.

The staff unions involved are the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT.

Others are the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, SSANIP and the College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU among others.