One Killed, Two Injured as Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Protesters at Lekki Tollgate via thisdaylive EndSARS EndPoliceBrutalityinNigera ENDBADGOVERNANCE
At least one person was shot dead and two others sustained gunshot wounds after soldiers attached to 81 Division Headquarters, Lagos, stormed the Lekki Tollgate two hours before the curfew began.
At dusk, some unknown persons turned off all the street lights, throwing the tollgate into pitch darkness. Minutes after they said “This is your last warning, go home. We are warning you, go home”, gunshots were heard as they fired into the teeming crowd. “Nigerian authorities have a duty to protect the rights to life, dignity, freedom of expression and peaceful assembly of everyone.
She said: “Friends, we are in absolute solidarity with all our young protesters of #EndSARS. Please do everything possible to move out of the line of fire of the murderous armed forces supervised by @NGRPresident @MBuhari. Please move out of your protest grounds. Please.”
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