Description:
Policemen in riot gear and AK-47s during a demonstration against the re-opening of the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos. Activists had called for a renewed protest following a judicial panel authorization of the reopening the city's toll gate, the flash point of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality, where the military shot at peaceful protesters on 20th October 2020. The protestors were met with heavy-handed crackdown by security forces who are trying to prevent a repeat of the protests that went on for weeks in major cities in Nigeria last year. Lagos, Nigeria.
Credits:
Adeyinka - (Nigeria) Yusuf/Majority World
Description:
Policemen in riot gear and AK-47s during a demonstration against the re-opening of the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos. Activists had called for a renewed protest following a judicial panel authorization of the reopening the city's toll gate, the flash point of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality, where the military shot at peaceful protesters on 20th October 2020. The protestors were met with heavy-handed crackdown by security forces who are trying to prevent a repeat of the protests that went on for weeks in major cities in Nigeria last year. Lagos, Nigeria.
Date Created:
2021-02-13 00:00:00
Author:
Adeyinka Yusuf
Headline:
Foiled Protest Against Reopening of Lagos-Lekki Toll Plaza
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Adeyinka Yusuf/ Majority World
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Image Description:
Policemen in riot gear and AK-47s during a demonstration against the re-opening of the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos. Activists had called for a renewed protest following a judicial panel authorization of the reopening the city's toll gate, the flash point of