Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- On 20 October 2024, the police attacked a memorial gathering at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, held to honour victims of the shooting during the #EndSARS protest at the same location exactly four years earlier. In July this year, the Federal High Court in Lagos awarded N10 million in damages against the police for violating the rights of the participants by firing live ammunition and teargas at them.

Just two months after the judgment, the police again used force-this time against supporters of Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the National Assembly gate in Abuja. The crowd had arrived with Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan in fanfare, celebrating her return to the Senate after a six-month suspension. But they fled in chaos ...