On 3 October, two days after Nigeria’s Independence Day, a grainy video was posted to Twitter that purportedly showed an attempted murder. A shooting at point blank range. Two unarmed men dragged from a hotel in Delta State by a group of armed men. A gun pointed to the floor. A loud, familiar crack. Smoke…
As the video was shared widely across the internet and particularly Twitter, outrage swelled. The outrage wasn’t new either. Nigerians had been calling to #ENDSARS since 2017 with Twitter users sharing their experiences at the hands of the police unit. This time the issue burned quick, garnering over 28 million tweets and trending worldwide by Friday 9 October.
This outrage soon turned to protest. Over the past seven days and in at least 13 Nigerian states, thousands of people – men, women, queer people, the differently-abled, from varying religions, ethnic groups and political affiliations – have spilt onto the streets…
Here are six aspects of the movement you should know about… if you READ HERE.
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