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‘He said Victor was shot’: Brother grapples with loss after Nigeria protest deaths

‘He said Victor was shot’: Brother grapples with loss after Nigeria protest deaths

LIBBY GEORGE IT was after midnight in Lagos on October 21 when Elisha Sunday said he got a call from his brother Victor's phone: a stranger told him Victor had been shot dead by soldiers at Lekki Toll Gate. After a sleepless night, he said he went out to find the body but roads towards the upscale neighbourhood were blocked and he heard shooting so turned back. Elisha, 24, said he later saw pictures of his 27-year-old brother on Facebook, draped in a Nigerian flag and covered in blood. After that, the trail went cold. Protesters objecting to police brutality…
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Pasha 83: Talking #EndSARS and the new proposed unit

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…
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