The Department of State Services has dispatched personnel to the Lagos State Assembly premises, where members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are currently demonstrating.
The operatives were seen on the complex’s grounds, while demonstrators gathered at the gate’s entrance.
Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, had earlier addressed members of organised labour and urged them to be calm.
Newsclick Nigeria reported that angry protesters pulled down the gates of the National Assembly in Abuja to gain entrance into the complex.
The protesters were also heard chanting “You must go” in the course of the procession.