Pasha 83: Talking #EndSARS and the new proposed unit
OGECHI EKEANYANWU, Commissioning Editor: Nigeria, The Conversation OZAYR PATEL, Digital Editor, The Conversation FOLLOWING over two weeks’ protest against police brutality in Nigeria, there are reports that a number of protesters have been shot with live ammunition. Reports suggest that unarmed protesters were shot by military men at the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos on Tuesday, October 20. The shooting was said to have occurred just before a 24-hour curfew imposed by the Lagos State government. The people were protesting against human rights abuses perpetrated by a now-disbanded unit in the Nigeria Police Force, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. In today’s…