Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos to continue the second wave of protests that began on the 5th against SARS, after the first wave which ended soon after the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre on the 20th of October. Demonstrators did not clash with police, and occupied the main road to Ikeja for hours before dispersing.
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Thousands of protesters gathered in Abuka to #EndSARS, as part of the second wave of demonstrations in Nigeria more than a month and a half after the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre. Unlike in other cities, clashes did not occur with police and no arrests were made.
Hundreds to thousands of demonstrators marched in Lagos at the Tejuosho Area of Yaba, in what many call a 2nd wave of #EndSARS protests. Many mothers of victims of the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre participated in the demonstration, condemning a lack of action by the government in finding the perpetrators.
Protesters in Britain, the United States, Canada, and Italy turned out in almost a dozen cities, including Toronto, Baltimore, Raleigh, New York, Nashville, Houston, Glasgow, and Napoli. Attendance ranged from the dozens to the thousands, with protests taking up large swaths of city squares.
Protesters in Nigeria destroyed and looted the residences of Gershom Bassey in Calabar, and Teslim Kolawole Folarin's in Ibadan. Dozens of motorbikes were found in Folarin's house, and lots of hoarded resources were found in Bassey's, eagerly taken by deprived residents of their cities.
Nigerian diaspora activists and their allies took to the streets across the world, from Russia to New Zealand. They demanded the end of arms sales to Nigeria, as well as the end of police brutality in the country as well. Thousands were in attendance in multiple areas, raising a big show that had never been seen before outside of Nigeria.
Anonymous managed to knock out the website of the MTN internet provider service for hours on end, despite it being one of the largest corporations in the country. It was DDosed using Google Cloud Shell, by the Virus Operation detachment. Anonymous managed to knock out the website of the MTN internet provider service for hours on end, despite it being […]
Nigerians recorded the military and northern Muslim Fulani herdsmen moving around with assault rifles in Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, and opening fire into houses. At least 2 bodies have been found, but the status of many more is unknown. Nigerians recorded the military and northern Muslim Fulani herdsmen moving around with assault rifles in Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, and opening fire into […]
Protesters from Helsinki to Pretoria took to the streets in solidarity with the End SARS and Revolution Now movement in Nigeria, organized by diaspora groups in the United States, Finland, and South Africa.
Protesters in Enugu torched their local seat of government, hours before a military lockdown was enforced on the state. No protesters were killed, although many were injured while breaking through police lines. Protesters in Enugu torched their local seat of government, hours before a military lockdown was enforced on the state. No protesters were killed, although many were injured while […]
Protesters in Onitsha, south of Abuja in Nigeria, blockaded the city's gates and burned down its police station on the 21st in protest against the Lekki Toll Gate massacre and its fallout across the country.
Demonstrators took the palace of the Oba of Lagos on the 21st, and walking out with the Oba's staff demonstrating his ceremonial defeat. The Oba is a ceremonial leader of Lagos by Yoruba tradition, and has become very unpopular from recent protests. On the 22nd, protesters also discovered a locked warehouse meant for citizens but enclosed by the government housing COVID supplies, and looted it.
Multiple protests occurred in solidarity with Nigeria and the End SARS/SWAT movement, in Houston, Portland, and Toronto. Attendance ranged from a dozen people to more than a thousand during the protests.
Protesters all across Nigeria took to the streets in reaction to the massacres that took place earlier in the day. Multiple police stations were burned down all across the country, centered in larger cities.
The Nigerian state has begun a campaign of violence and massacres across the country, with SWAT and the military opening fire on protesters, murdering more than a dozen on the Lekki Toll Gate. There are also rumors that the government will shut down the internet, therefore beheading the ability of social media campaigning that the protesters currently have.