Reports making rounds on social media have revealed that an EndSARS protester has been shot dead in the Surulere area of Lagos during a protest against police brutality on Monday.
Although the identity of the deceased has not been discovered, videos uploaded on social media showed the individual lying lifeless with a gunshot wound and blood.
@CourageNgele on Twitter tweeted, “We just lost a Nigerian to a gunshot, at the Surulere protest ????.
“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.”
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😥😥😥😥 this is really sad. Why are they killing people like animals? Not even animals deserve to be killed or treated the way Nigerian police are treating the citizens. Enough is enough this has to end#EndSars #EndPoliceBrutally https://t.co/Tlt79axjzV
— Laycon's young sister ♥️ +💡Dianah (@Dianachichi101) October 12, 2020
Other videos on Twitter also showed police officers beating female protesters as they were taken forcefully into the police station at Barracks, Surulere.
Please we need to urgently track down the girls being assaulted here! Anyone with information please reply and cc us all @fkabudu @adetolaov – the names of the girls/police unit/area etc. Heartless disgusting officers are ganging up to assault 2 defenseless peaceful protesters RT pic.twitter.com/AdIt6p3plO
— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) October 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/AdesuaEtomiW/status/1315663759877312518
