17 min
A history of the violent crackdown on peaceful protests in Nigeria. The Hourglass Pod
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Since the early 1970s young Nigerians have been shot at by police officers and the army for protesting peacefully. Since then, nothing has changed and just like in the 70s the police is still using brute force to gag and intimidate peaceful protesters. And so on this episode we go on a history of police violence on protesters to see if any lessons has been learnt particularly with respect to the recent End SARS protests.
Since the early 1970s young Nigerians have been shot at by police officers and the army for protesting peacefully. Since then, nothing has changed and just like in the 70s the police is still using brute force to gag and intimidate peaceful protesters. And so on this episode we go on a history of police violence on protesters to see if any lessons has been learnt particularly with respect to the recent End SARS protests.
17 min