Outrage in Ibeju-Lekki as Residents Protest Police Killing of Unarmed Man; Two Others Critically Injured

Hundreds of outraged residents, mostly youths, flooded the streets of Onosa in Lagos State’s Ibeju-Lekki area on Friday, protesting the police killing of an unarmed man. The incident, which occurred on Thursday night, also left two others in critical condition and receiving treatment at a local hospital, SaharaReporters has learned.

By Friday morning, tension had escalated as demonstrators blocked key roads throughout the community, halting vehicular movement. According to eyewitnesses, the protest erupted shortly after word of the fatal shooting spread.

Videos obtained by SaharaReporters show a massive crowd marching through the streets, with police officers present at the scene, ostensibly to maintain order. In one of the clips, protesters used tyres to barricade roads while the body of the deceased was visible inside a vehicle.

“The protest is in response to the killing of an unarmed man by the police. It happened at Onosa,” a local resident told SaharaReporters.

“Two people are still in the hospital,” another eyewitness confirmed.

This latest incident adds to a troubling pattern of police brutality across Nigeria. In 2020, the country witnessed nationwide demonstrations under the #EndSARS movement, a youth-led protest calling for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit widely accused of extrajudicial killings, torture, and extortion.

Though the Nigerian government announced the dissolution of SARS on October 11, 2020, many citizens viewed the move as merely symbolic. Since then, reports of excessive force, unlawful arrests, and attacks on peaceful protesters have persisted. Human rights groups like Amnesty International continue to document these abuses.

Despite repeated government promises to reform the police, public trust in the force remains deeply eroded.

WATCH: Angry Residents Block Roads, Protest Police Killing Of Unarmed Man In Lagos’ Ibeju-Lekki; Two Others In Critical Condition
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