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‘I was perceived security risk for taking EndSARS protests pictures’ | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

Eti-Inyene Godwin Akpan is a visual storyteller and photojournalist. He is the founder of PhotoWaka Africa, a large gathering of photographers. He is one of the photographers who documented the #EndSARS protests in Lagos and the only one who documented the shootings at the Lekki Toll Gate on 20th October 2020. In this interview with IJEOMA THOMAS-ODIA, he shares his ordeal on the night of the ‘Lekki massacre’.I will say photography chose me.

Documenting the #EndSARS protests was one of the highlights of my profession; I have been a huge fan of using photography for social good, which is our core at Photowaka Africa. I remember the first day of the protests. Nobody thought it would be huge. Before then, the perception about protests in Nigeria was that nobody would come out. I said I should just go and have a look and document something.

I remember they announced a curfew that day, and I planned to return home upon hearing the news. But I hadn’t been to the tollgate that day, so I decided to stop by to take some pictures before going home. On getting to the tollgate, I met a different kind of energy. Some people didn’t want to go because they didn’t want to be stuck in traffic when the curfew would starts, so I decided to stay back and document whatever would be happening.

Unfortunately, not quite long after taking position, with all sincerity, they started shooting into the air. I was shocked because I was hoping one or two military men would come to the protest ground to talk to us, but they didn’t. The moment they started shooting, I switched my camera to video because I needed to capture it. Some peaceful protesters tried to put the red and white barricade to block them from coming in; they would shoot into the air for some time, stop and then move closer.

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