NIGERIAN SECURITY FORCES FIRED ON THE PROTEST SITE

  • 21/10/2020

Nigerian securityforces opened fire on a protest site in Lagos, intensifying violence before a24-hour lockdown .At least three peopledied in the shooting, local media reported.Amnesty Internationalsaid there was "credible but disturbing evidence" that protesterswere fatally shot by security forces in the city.“There have beenreports of shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza following the 24-hour curfewimposed on Lagos,” the state spokesman, Gbenga Omotoso, said on Tuesday night.The state governmenthas ordered an investigation into the incident.

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