The following topics made top trends online:
#EndSARS
Nigerians were triggered to trend the hashtag on Tuesday after Writer and Investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo released an investigative report, confirming at least 21 deaths from the Lekki shooting of unarmed protesters by the military on October 20, 2020.
The report titled “#PortraitsOfBlood”, aimed at uncovering alleged post-#EndSARS cover-ups by the Nigerian military and the Lagos state government as to the killing of innocent protesters, agitated most Nigerians with its heartbreaking details.
The report bore shocking revelations of how a female soldier had allegedly filmed the entire shooting incident and how bodies of protesters were stacked in the army truck never to be seen again.