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A NATION IN DARKNESS

#EndSARS protests: Protestant in Lagos Lekki are crying while singing the NIGERIAN NATIONAL Anthem as Bloods of innocents protestants are been shed .

armed security personnel stormed the scene of the #EndSARS protests and opened fire at protesters.

Some videos from eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident have shown some persons bleeding seriously, while others tried to extract the bullets.

Others were seen administering CPR to some injured persons, to resuscitate them.

The incident happened hours after the Lagos State Government declared a 24-hour curfew as part of the on going efforts to stop the violence which had broken out in some parts of the state by criminal elements who have been hijacking the protests.

Although the curfew was to commence at 4:00 pm, many were still seen protesting across the state.

At the Lekki Toll Gate which has been one of the major converging points, peaceful and unarmed protesters were still seen gathered in large numbers around 5:00 pm, an hour after the curfew was to have commenced.
The situation, however, took a turn for the worse around 7:00 pm when the security operatives stormed the area and started shooting sporadically.

However , the state government in a tweet at 7:08 pm noted that the curfew would not start until 9:00 pm, to allow those stuck in traffic to get to their homes

https://twitter.com/funke__akindele/status/1318676819411951618?s=20

Source :C4BN NEWS

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