A peaceful demonstration by #EndSARS protesters in Surulere
area of Lagos has ended in tragedy, with the target of the protest bearing its
beastly pangs again, killing one of the unarmed protesters.
The marchers were peaceful until some armed policeman shot
at one of them, killing him.
The slain man in his 20s has not been identified.
Fellow protesters and a medical team embedded in the
demonstration, tried in vain to save him.
Courage Ngele, one of the protesters announced the tragedy:
“We just lost a Nigerian to a gunshot, at the Surulere
protest Broken heartBroken heartBroken heartBroken heart
“The medical team did their best to keep him alive. The
young Nigerian also put up a good fight.
“Unfortunately, he couldn’t make it”, he wrote.
#SURULEREPROTEST THIS IS WHY WE PROTEST #SARSMUSTEND pic.twitter.com/WyAukq6RZv
— • ΛRСΗIΞ • (@MrBruceIV) October 12, 2020
#EndSARS allegedly gun down By police at
— True News Nigeria (@TrueNewsNG) October 12, 2020
#SURULEREPROTEST #SarsMustGoNow
Video Source: CourageNgele pic.twitter.com/wdYyPn5Kwo
Another was filmed with a bullet lodged in his thigh.
Armed policemen are at strategic positions firing live rounds.
It is unclear yet if Nigerian authorities gave a shoot at sight order.
Today’s killing takes the number of End SARS protest deaths to at least five.
The Nigerian government has been accused of trying to quell the protests.
The killing followed yet another in Ogbomosho, where police killed another youngster identified as Jimoh.
President Buhari regretted the shooting today and promised to set an enquiry.
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