tollgate

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In Lagos on Wednesday afternoon, traffic flowed through the Lekki tollgate, where young people demonstrating against police brutality were gunned down by security forces in 2020.

From New York Times

The nationwide #EndSARS protests, which garnered global attention, led to police opening fire on peaceful protesters and killing at least 15 people at Lagos’s Lekki tollgate.

From Washington Post

Demonstrators in peaceful protests against police brutality were themselves shot dead by security forces in 2020 as they sang and waved the flag by a tollgate in Lekki, an upmarket Lagos suburb.

From New York Times

Taiwo, insisted that the troops at the tollgate “strictly followed” the army’s rules of engagement for internal security.

From New York Times

Previously, an investigation by Amnesty International found that at least 12 people died near a tollgate in the upscale Lagos suburb of Lekki.

From Washington Post