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Published 16 December 2020
On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, a very sad incident which will certainly last long in the minds of Nigerians occurred at the Lekki area of Lagos State. It was the incident of peaceful unarmed Nigerian protesters being shot at by the Nigerian Army.
After the incident, the social media space was flooded with reactions from individuals within and outside Nigeria. Even the international community expressed shock seeing that such a barbaric action could be unleashed on citizens of a county, who weren’t found guilty of any crime.
Sadly, the Nigerian government, allegedly responsible for this massacre through the Nigerian Army, has initially denied involvement in the shooting and killing.