To be utterly disgusted and appalled by the current killings in Nigeria.

[strivingtosucceed]

For those who don't know, Nigerians have been protesting against police brutality for over 13 days now. It's been an ongoing issue for a while, but tensions were heightened when a video on SM showed police killing a young man and driving away with his car.

Since then there have been protests all over the country, concentrated in the major cities Lagos and Abuja. On Tuesday afternoon the Governor of Lagos called an impromptu curfew. Protestors decided to stage sit in which ended with them being accosted by the Nigerian Army and fired on.

Eyewitness accounts have estimated that at least 78 people were killed, but the Lagos Governor has remained adamant that no-one died and refused to name who was at fault for the shootings.

How can the army of a nation shoot it's own people? It's absolutely sickening. If you're on twitter you can search the #EndSARS or #lekkimassacre hashtags for more information, but be warned there are some graphic and heartbreaking images.

twitter.com/manmustwack/status/1318987756442439680?s=20

Wow, looks like i'm the only one.

@strivingtosucceed

Wow, looks like i'm the only one.

Well, probably. Or one of the few that is shocked that this happens in Nigeria. Very corrupt country. It is appalling but nothing new.

Wish I was shocked.

No you're not the only one. It's all over twitter with people trying to raise awareness and it was on sky news yesterday too but I only the caught the end of it.
Manchester United's Nigerian player Ighalo was speaking out publically about it too.
I don't know what can be done but hopefully it's now getting through to mainstream media/tv and it will raise public awareness.

Well, it's Africa, isn't it... so no-one is really that bothered.

Imagine this happening anywhere else, Europe, US, Australia, there would be a global outcry, headlines for weeks, and rightly so, but its in Africa, so people just don't care that much.

Tragedies in Africa get far less coverage than elsewhere in the world.

But to answer your question, yes, it's terrible.

YANBU OP. It's appalling and like PP have said nobody cares because it's in Africa. It's like when in 2019 a small part of the US had flooded with something like 1 fatality and it was on the news 24/7. At the same time India was having a terrible flood where over 200 people died and a million were displaced. But it didn't even make any headlines.

@june2007

Wish I was shocked.

I've lived in Nigeria for a few years, and let me tell you I am shocked that it was done so brazenly. Normally this would be carried out in a rural area with poor infrastructure and limited education. That way, the government controls the narrative and we are struggling to find out the truth.

Imagine staging a protest in central London and then the army is mobilised to shoot to kill. Then the government tells other governments that no-one died even though people were live streaming the deaths on social media. In fact, there will be another huge protest around parliament square tomorrow, so be aware if you're travelling to that area.

I appreciate people on social media for exposing the truth of this situation. Such a loss of life.

No, of course YANBU to be disgusted and appalled. Many people around the world appear to feel the same.

I'm actually a little surprised ... the Nigerian state generally cares about its public face.

Ha - I hadn't seen your 14.42 post when I commented, OP. But yes, exactly that.

I'm not at all surprised this sort of thing has happened. I'd actually be more surprised if we went a whole year without a report of corruption/mass murder/ethnic cleansing on the African continent.

You're free to feel "utterly disgusted and appalled" but YABU to be in any way shocked. There isn't much coverage in the UK/IE/US because, quite frankly, this isn't really news.

I've seen videos where ordinary african villagers drag children to the centre of town and take turns beating them within an inch of their lives then put a car tyre around their neck, fill it with petrol and set it on fire. Crime - Stole food or similar. So no, your post doesnt shock me.

You're NBU for being shocked though.

SpookyTheGhoulfriendScarer
I've seen videos where ordinary african villagers drag children to the centre of town and take turns beating them within an inch of their lives then put a car tyre around their neck, fill it with petrol and set it on fire. Crime - Stole food or similar. So no, your post doesnt shock me.

And you think that is the normal way of life for everyone in 'Africa'?

The friends, colleagues, relatives and acquaintances I have who either come from or reside in any of the many different countries on that continent are mostly lawyers, writers, engineers, artists, living in cities. (Because that is what 'ordinary Africans' do.) They don't mete out summary justice to children, and they wouldn't expect to be shot down by servants of the state during a peaceful protest.

It's dreadful.

Sadly, it doesn't get the same coverage and things in the US and Europe.

You will get a protest march in the UK of thousands shouting Black Life's Matter and yet ignore the Black Life's in Nigeria! Where are all those protestors now?

I don't know the answer - it appears that parts of Africa are completely ignored and the governments get away with dreadful treatment of their people

Its heartbreaking OP. Something needs to be done about the level of corruption and poverty in Nigeria.

Sorry to say it did not surprise me. I remember the treatment of the Ogoni people and Ken Saro-Wiwa years ago.

I am in another African country and it's most definitely the top news story. There have been protests outside the Nigerian embassies here.

The pp poster was spot on though. The rest of the world don't really care what happens in Africa.

I think Nigerian leaders are more likely to listen to other African countris condeming then rather then uk. Look at Tiannemon square did China give a damn what west said no they did not.

YANBU.

It is terrible but many people in the west couldn’t care less about what happens in Africa. I had someone tell me yesterday that with Covid, we now know what it must be like living in countries with malaria. I pointed out that malaria kills thousands and thousands of children every year in Africa so no, nothing like Covid. They just didn’t have a clue.

@Theluggage15 malaria is not seen as a big deal in Africa obviously it is a huge deal in UK. It’s a different way of living.

It is horrendous. DS's girlfriend is from Lagos and is extremely worried for her family there.
Hard to comprehend the level of corruption.

Unfortunately OP, anything to do with coloured people or Muslims get zero attention and very little replies here on MN

Unless of course it involves extra precious white lives.

I saw Naomi Campbell Instagram stories about this and was shocked