Lagos locked down after protesters shot

By Angela Ukomadu and Alexis Akwagyiram and Libby George
Updated October 21 2020 - 10:01pm, first published 9:58pm
Nigerian protesters have staged demonstrations over alleged police brutality for more than a week.
Nigerian protesters have staged demonstrations over alleged police brutality for more than a week.

Lagos is under a round-the-clock curfew enforced by police roadblocks, as smoke rises from a flashpoint area in Nigeria's biggest city where soldiers shot at protesters the previous evening, witnesses say.

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