Protests at the Lekki Toll Gate on 20 October were part of the #EndSars protests that began on 8 October 2020. Nigerians have been taking ...
Protests at the Lekki Toll Gate on 20 October were part of
the #EndSars protests that began on 8 October 2020. Nigerians have been taking
to the streets, peacefully demanding an end to police brutality, extrajudicial
executions and extortion by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of
the Nigerian police tasked with fighting violent crimes. But they have been met
with excessive use of force by the army and police forces.
On 20 October peaceful protesters were reportedly shot dead
when the Nigerian Army opened fire on protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate. An
on-the-ground investigation by Amnesty International has confirmed that the
Nigerian army and police killed peaceful protesters. This timeline collates
video and photograph footage to confirm that army vehicles left the Bonny Camp
- a military base approximately a seven-minute drive from the Lekki Toll Gate
at 18:29 local time on 20 October. The vehicles are tracked to the Toll Gate.
At around 18:45 the Nigerian military opened fire on the protesters
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