Police brutality continues unfettered in Nigeria, as civilians ask when will it end?
A year after Lagos bloodshed, Nigerians say promises of police reform have proved to be hollow
One year ago, Adebanjo Akinwunmi gleefully waved a Nigerian flag at the Lekki toll gate, a stretch of tarmac in front of toll booths on a highway on the outskirts of Lagos. Joined by thousands of his countrymen, he demanded an end to what demonstrators said was endemic police brutality...
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