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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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