Nigeria, April 27 -- At 13, Isaac already knows what it means to be poor. His dream is to become a lawyer so he can protect his mother, and "take his family out of poverty."

Isaac's law ambition was threatened when he was almost killed by the Nigeria Police Force.

The officer responsible for shooting Isaac in the belly remains unknown.

It was one stray bullet from many targeted at young Nigerians who had poured onto the streets of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, demanding an end to police brutality.

Last October, protests against police brutality erupted in Nigeria. The protests dubbed #EndSARS were triggered by accumulated public rage against the defunct tactical police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

In Ogbomoso, on October 10,...