He had expected a peaceful protest, one where the Nigerian government would address the concerns of police brutality. But there he was, at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, dodging bullets as the Nigerian army fired live rounds at unarmed protesters during the #ENDSARS demonstrations.
“We sat there with the Nigerian flag, reciting the national anthem. Around 6 p.m., the lights at the tollgate went dark. Initially, the army fired shots into the air, but then they began aiming directly at us,” recounted Mr Moses.
On the night of 20 October 2020, Mr Moses, a Lagos-based artisan, had joined the #ENDSARS protests alongside hundreds of young Nigerians. The movement had surged in response to bribery, extortion, harassment, and extrajudicial killings by the Nigerian police — particularly by the notorious, now-disbanded unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
