On August 1, thousands of Nigerians trooped out to the streets to demand solutions to the country's surging inflation...
On August 1, hundreds of Nigerian youths trooped out to the streets to demand solutions to the country’s surging inflation and persisting insecurity.
Almost immediately, reports of violence began to trail the interventions. Citizens accused the police of deploying excessive force to manage the situation and infringing on their rights to a peaceful protest.But Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police , dismissed the reports as fake news, insisting at every press conference that the police carried out their duties professionally and were focused on “protecting” citizens.
Amnesty said the fierce clampdown appeared to be part of a wider plan to find justification for depriving people of the right to peaceful protest.of a female protester collapsing in Abuja after police fired tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters at the MKO Abiola Stadium. “Even under international humanitarian law, we call it the ‘principle of proportionality’,” Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer, told TheCable.
“These attacks were in different forms, from live rounds that were fired and people were killed, to the tear gas canisters that were shot, water cannons and even to police dogs, to even physical assault — all these are excessive force .
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