November 2020

The governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, declared a 24-hour curfew on 20th October prohibiting people from exercising their right to protest under the Constitution. As armed men opened fire, protesters blocked the doors, sat down, and sang the Nigerian national anthem. The lighting on the street was shut off, and witnesses at the scene said that men in military uniforms prevented the ambulances from reaching the wounded. This brutality is now known as the Lekki massacre, in which many people's bodies fell.