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'I stand for everyone who's been harassed'. #OnSit

'I stand for everyone who's been harassed'. #OnSite⚡⁠
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For our latest online essay, writer, Shayera Dark asked three women (two we've featured in this summary) why they joined others in Port Harcourt in defying Governor Wike's October 12 #EndSARS protest ban.⁠
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According to Dark, on the evening of October 12 2020, a series of tweets from the governor of Rivers State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike’s account, drew a hail of abuses and condemnation from Twitter users. All were angered by his decision to ban protests against police brutality in Rivers State.⁠
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Following the ban, Nigerian youths took to the streets of Port Harcourt to protest. Among them was Kimora Omotosho, a university student who, according to Dark, said her friend’s mother did not allow him to join the #EndSARS protest until he threatened to kill himself. Omotosho also added that her mother did not know she was in attendance. ‘I feel my mum wouldn't understand, that she might say "This isn't your fight.",' Omotosho said.⁠
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Another #EndSARS protester, Trina Jones, a law student, explained how in 2019, SARS officers detained her and her brother at a checkpoint in Port Harcourt for six hours. According to Jones, her brother gave the SARS operatives N50,000 before they let them go. Her second ordeal with SARS that same year happened in Lagos, where she claimed they sexually harassed her and her friends after searching their car.⁠
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Jones said that it has become a norm for SARS officers to harass citizens because 'you can’t turn to anyone. Will you go to the police to tell them that they are molesting, extorting, robbing and assaulting you?’ Jones asked.⁠
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For more on this topic, click the link in our bio.⁠
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📝: Shayera Dark⁠
📷: A woman protesting at the #EndSARS protest on 17 October 2020. @dejiayoola_xi/Twitter

Buhari addresses Nigerians, warns protesters. #RxE

Buhari addresses Nigerians, warns protesters. #RxEndSARS
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On Thursday, 22 October, President Muhammadu Buhari addressed Nigerians on national TV over the #EndSARS protests but failed to acknowledge the October 20 Shootings of peaceful protesters by the military in Lagos.⠀
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Instead, the President warned ‘those who have hijacked and misdirected’ the protests against police brutality and asked Nigerian youths ‘to discontinue the street protests’. He said: ‘For you to do otherwise will amount to undermining national security and the law and order situation. Under no circumstances will this be tolerated.’⠀
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A sizable portion of the President’s speech was spent eulogizing the government’s ‘measures and initiatives principally targeted at youths, women and the most vulnerable groups in our society’, including TraderMoni, a programme which offers N10,000 to N100,000 in loans to traders.⠀
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Yet, hours before the president went on TV, palliatives meant to make the earlier COVID-19 lockdowns in the country easier on the masses were discovered in a warehouse where they were hidden in Lagos.⠀
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According to Al Jazeera, in the aftermath of the October 20 Shootings (which many are now referring to as the October 20 Massacre), angry citizens attacked several buildings including police stations, a TV station and the port, and soldiers now patrol the streets of Lagos.⠀
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📝: Adams x Tomisin, Editorial Interns⠀
📷: Muhammadu Buhari. Bernard Menigault/Alamy Live News

We will remember. A brief history of #EndSARS (so

We will remember. A brief history of #EndSARS (so far).
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See our Story for a full-sized photo of this timeline, which can be used for home screens.
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For more of our #EndSARS coverage follow our hashtag: #RxEndSARS

‘There is no flag large enough to cover the sham

💔 - At the request of our readers, we have tak

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At the request of our readers, we have taken down the previous version of this post as our reference of the flag in the second slide painted an inaccurate picture of what happened in Lagos earlier today. The people shot at and killed by the military were not protesting the curfew but protesting against police brutality. They were found by armed military after the curfew had started and were shot at.
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We have now corrected this and thank @wun_mi for alerting us to this major oversight and giving us the opportunity to document and tell this story properly. This is an especially sensitive time and we should have worded our reference more carefully. I apologise for any harm or inconvenience. This was an unintentional error. Thank you for reading, sharing, providing necessary feedback and the trust you place in our ability to do what is right.

— Wale Lawal (@wallelawal), Founder.
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1. Celebrating Nigeria’s imminent independence. Associated Press, September 1960;

2. A photo of man holding a bloodstained Nigerian flag. This photo is currently circulating on Twitter as several sources report multiple military shootings and deaths after Nigerians protesting against police brutality were found past the start of a 24-hour curfew in Lagos. Sars_Watch / Twitter, October 20, 2020.

How it started and how it’s going. (Swipe Left:

How it started and how it’s going. (Swipe Left: Graphic content) #RxEndSARS
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1. Celebrating Nigeria’s imminent independence. Associated Press, September 1960;

2. A photo of man holding a bloodstained Nigerian flag. This photo is currently circulating on Twitter as several sources report multiple military shootings and deaths after Nigerians protesting against police brutality were found past the start of a 24-hour curfew in Lagos. Sars_Watch / Twitter, October 20, 2020.

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