Amnesty International said it had “credible but disturbing evidence” of excessive use of force in the deaths of protestors at Lekki toll gate on Tuesday.
of the government and who are responsible for the chaos on Tuesday, have clashed with the protesters.The protests began on October 7 in response to a widely spread video of a man being beaten, allegedly by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, known as
, a notorious police unit that had previously been accused of extortion, torture and extra-judicial killings. Calls for to be disbandedinto complaints about state corruption, a poor economy, and unstable government. was dissolved on October 11, but quickly replaced by the Special Weapons and Tactics team, which many demonstrations saw as a mere replacement for the team, and protestors haveto stay on the street, despite the curfew, until their demands for an end to human rights abuses in all aspects of law enforcement are met. Protests are happening daily in Lagos, as well as in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, and other major cities across the country.
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