Posted on 10/20/2020 8:50:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Protests against police brutality in Lagos turned bloody on Tuesday despite a state-wide curfew, with eyewitnesses telling CNN that multiple demonstrators have been shot by soldiers.
Demonstrators have taken part in daily protests across the country for nearly two weeks over widespread claims of kidnapping, harassment, and extortion by a police unit know as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Tuesday saw the state governor impose a 24-hour curfew and deploy anti-riot police to the city.
One witness at the protests, Akinbosola Ogunsanya, said the shooting began after the lights were turned off at the Nigerian city's Lekki tollgate. "Members of the Nigerian army pulled up on us and they started firing," he said. "They were shooting, they were firing straight, directly at us, and a lot of people got hit. I just survived, barely."
Ogunsanya added that barricades on either side of the scene were blocking ambulances.
Another witness, Temple Onanugbo, said he heard what he believed were bullets being fired from his home nearby and that the sound lasted "for about 15 to 30 minutes."
CNN has not yet been able to confirm casualties.
The State Government has ordered an investigation into the incident, according to the Lagos Governor's spokesman, Gboyega Akosile. According to a tweet by Akosile, Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has also "advised security agents not to arrest anyone on account of the curfew."
The protests at the Lekki toll gate have been mostly peaceful, with demonstrators singing the national anthem, staging sit-ins, and praying.
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Must be a slow news week in America.
Maybe I should have posted this in chat.
I guess they don’t have “Black Lives Matter” in Nigeria.
Oh no Ben!!! I was referring to CNN actually giving a damn about the genocide in North Africa which they have ignored the entire Obama/Biden admin.
There’s going to be less Nigerian princes.
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