Nigeria, 12 protesters killed by police. Amnesty International: Stop the violence »- Corriere.it

“Amnesty International’s field investigations confirmed that the Nigerian army and police killed at least 12 peaceful protesters yesterday in two locations in Lagos.” Then the international organization on Twitter. For weeks, protesters have been calling for an end to corruption and police brutality. Tension remains high on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, where sporadic shots are heard following the violent repression of a police demonstration. President Muhammadu Buhari has tried to quell the anger of citizens with a call to “be patient as police reforms accelerate.” In his address to the nation, the Nigerian president, however, made no reference to the shootings against groups of protesters that took place last night.

As proof that the situation is spiraling out of control in the commercial capital of the most populous African state, the news has reached of the attack on at least two stations, Television Channels and Tvc, obscured after the invasion of their respective offices. One, in particular (Tvc), a private channel linked to an eminent local politician, Bola Tinubu, linked to the ruling party, was set on fire. However, the staff managed to save themselves. The country woke up in shock, after a turbulent night and great uncertainty about the dynamics and budgets of the intervention with the hard fist of the security forces to disperse marches of protesters, both in Lagos and in the main cities, who have come denouncing the brutality of the agents and contesting the strong powers. Brutality now before the eyes of all: videos of last night’s repression were published on social networks, documenting protesters fleeing after police opened fire on marches of hundreds of people, scenes of panic, injured on the ground and ambulances obstructed . Images that have traveled the world, prompting complaints, convictions and appeals even from song stars, movie stars, politicians and activists, even abroad. Among the young icons supporting the protest movement is 27-year-old singer David Adedeji Adeleke, better known as Davido, an American of Nigerian descent.