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Police Brutality Strikes Again During #EndSARS Memorial Procession

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Police Brutality Strikes Again During #EndSARS Memorial Procession

Attacking protesters at the #EndSARSMemorial2 at the Lekki Toll Gate proves Nigerian police officers haven’t learned any lessons in two years. Here’s all that you need to know.

Written By: Chiamaka Dike

Last Updated October 20, 2022

It seems as though peaceful protesters can never catch a break in Nigeria, as police brutality reared its ugly head again during the EndSARS memorial procession at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State on October 20, 2022.

[Image source: PUNCH Newspapers]

Nigerian celebrities, Folarin Falana, aka Falz, and Adebowale Adedayo, aka, Mr Marcaroni, led the protest in honour of young Nigerians killed by security forces at the toll gate on October 20, 2020.

Police officers interrupted the procession to request that protesters remove a coffin, which was a symbolic reference to the 2020 victims. The protesters refused and the police started to shoot tear gas canisters.