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Nigerians react as #ENDSARS ‘Lekki Massacre’ gets a Wikipedia page

The ugly events of Tuesday night, October 20, 2020, when a group of army personnel from the Nigerian military opened fire on unarmed protesters camping at the Lekki Toll Plaza has been documented in a live Wikipedia page.

Titled Lekki Massacre, the page chronicles all the events of that Tuesday night from the imposition of the curfew and the events that led to the shooting. A report by Amnesty International has said that at least 12 protesters were killed in the Lekki shooting.

Nigerians have expressed excitement over the Wikipedia publication as many see it as a way of ensuring the world never forgets what happened that Tuesday night.

Check out some of the reactions on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/bradpitee/status/1319926731986341888?s=20

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Daniel Nkado is a Nigerian writer and social researcher whose work examines Black identity, racism, institutional inequality, social power and belonging. He is the founder of DNB Stories Africa. Read more about Daniel, including his research methodology and full biography, here.

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