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Nigerian army plans nationwide exercise as protests rock country

Demonstrators gesture during a protest over alleged police brutality, in Lagos, Nigeria October 14, 2020. [File, REUTERS,Temilade Adelaja]

 

The Nigerian army will begin a two-month national exercise, it said on Saturday, while denying the move was part of any security response to recent widespread demonstrations against alleged police brutality.

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