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'The soldiers kept shooting': witnesses testify in Lagos protest probe

The counsel for the Nigerian Army, Akinlolu Kehinde, speaks to Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo, commander of the 81 Division of the army in Lagos, during a judicial panel investigating police brutality and the shooting of protesters in Lagos, Nigeria November 14, 2020. [Nneka Chile, Reuters]

Nigerian soldiers shot dead peaceful protesters at a demonstration in Lagos last month, trucking away the bodies, said written witness testimonies submitted to a judicial panel on Saturday but contradicted by an army general.

“The soldiers kept shooting at random, and I saw people falling to the ground, injured or lifeless,” said Dabiraoluwa Ayuku in her testimony.

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