ah, what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360. get here now. hello everyone. this is a special edition of the 77 percent. the show for africa. you coming to you arrived from lagos, nigeria, i'm yours to flourish chipper with in this week. so we are looking back at the events that happened 2 years ago. here in nigeria. we'll look, i'd be in southport, that called pro stopped up with in our street the be it risky man, you talk to the victims and authority which is the straight to find

out how young people relate to the pony today. well i left behind me the lexia colgate. it's one of the major ones where your major dial out to process it is a specialized robbery squad, sorry for shot. it all the way a dead, me shooting to carry the agents shooting out to protest that many were injured and some even died. others event where stream done is going around by a popular niger and the day cause i clearly remember that night and before i felt as i watched the events oh hold on is that? well, you could hear the sporadic shots. are people out for help. i think we'll let them you might be wondering what led to the shooting and how things escalated so quickly? did our b of for sasha la was break down for us in this report. from the night there were

22020 niger and police literally gone down. young protest is what come together to form. one of the biggest youth movement in the country is history. just hours before the killings. thousands had got to peacefully demonstrate a gave rise in cases of police brutality. i know that the protests were largely peaceful because i was there, reported that evening the protest songs illegals were turned into christ for health and the same place where people called for their rights to be upheld would be the same place. they were killed. it all started on the 3rd of october, policemen from the special anti robbery squad. you need better known as far as allegedly killed a young man in southern delta state and took away his scar as a video of the deadly assault looked online. hundreds of young people took to social media to event and share their own south experiences. all of which were bad . saw initially form in 1992 to tackle armed robbery in the country. but the unit

grew into in notorious for popular for a stuart in an abusing young nigerians. my super 8th, the online anger against science had gone so much that is built into the st. nationwide. illegal protesters mounted road blocks and shut down traffic. thousands got it, and the lucky toll gate emitter highway in the area of the city this would come to be the main demonstration point. their demands were simple. they wanted size band that officials prosecuted and for the victims to be compensated. but they were also advocated for the officials themselves. they wanted them to be mentally evaluated, and for the salaries to be increase, so that he would have fewer raises to extort on the 11th, as the process game will mentor the nigerian police finally scraps thought deficient robberies quote of denied europe police, otherwise known the size by deserved,

but people were buying it. this was the 1st time the police was claiming to reform stars by then the demonstrations had become more of a movement anyways, and people were demanding, not just for police reforms, for better governance, appoint animal. and it will be very light on monday, the 19th legos gum, nobody will loose on the traditional panel to look into sort of use it. but the process continues still and save for some cases of police crackdowns. there were laws lead to school, although criminal elements has started to infiltrate. as thousands of protesters got it again, lucky to get on tuesday, october 20th. they noted the things were different. people told me that they saw toll gave staff. we move in ccb cameras installed in the area, and that as evening fell, the street light wouldn't come on, leaving the place completely dark at around 4 pm, glove notion will lose imposed

a curfew, tried to instill order, but many poor testers at the toll gate remained there then at around 7, menal, the nigerian army holding on several vans. i thought it to the own. i'm demonstrated talk eye witnesses told me, we counted several buddies that night taken away by the army. but he wasn't over as one of the killers traveled. angry mob stood through the streets, luther shops, burning buildings and talking. policemen. 12 people died according to amnesty international, and many more were injured. the nigerian government has set up judicial panels to look into a police violence that denies the killings of october 20th survivors. the federal keep looking for justice each of the beginning because i need to fight with fight for my kids. because i need to be an engineer. and sauce was indeed just the beginning. october 2020 spots

a new wave of national consciousness in many luxuriance. and we are seeing the play out as next year's presidential election dross closer. there is a high level of youth engagement when school candidates on pot processed. and while you have also become hallmark channel for young people to be call and make their voices head. unfortunately, in many cases, we are still met with on the for me. why street the be? it is kimani met with a group of nigeria to discuss the lucky killing and how to prevent such an event from happening again. with hello and welcome back to the 77 percent. this week we are in nigeria. more specifically, lagos, the city that gave us fell equity, who, by the way, in 1977 in his title track for the album, them give us them leave tears,

sorrow and blood explained to how the police officers were up a time. brutalizing, the citizens of nigeria fast forward to 2020 and his words still resonated as young people gathered to protest what they said was ill treatment by the police officers until we're here to find out why to african government seems so threatened by protest held by the youth who better to answer this question for me than fellow nigerian. and i'm going to start out with buy um and so i just want you to give us an overview of what happened in 2020 because not everybody has a key idea. so i basically began referring a lot of discontents and unhappiness and rage against the special ed robbery squad, optimize young police. and youth just felt like you know, what enough is enough. and like that's almost as if they were coordinated. protests were happening in major cities, southern parts of the country, especially. okay. now let's hear from suffer because i understand you are the

protest as well. and obviously wouldn't be talking about these protests if they hadn't ended in unfortunately death. so how did it come to be that something that started organically and that in bloodshed, i think one of the selling points alcala, that of the answers protest was that there was no coordinated leadership. people just appointed themselves to, you know, coordinate, collect, and distribute resources. there was a lot of heavy pullet to size and like in the f city where some of the boys who disrupted the protest, testified that they were given 500 narrow or so you could easily by street power. yeah. by any one. okay. let me hear from matthew aka precious stone, or who was not only at the protest, but unfortunately actually ended up being shot. so perhaps that by telling us what took you to the protest, why did you feel that it was so important for your voice to be heard that day? many times files are stored me on it. why do you do your l i d 's as i'm no i'm no

you. oh boy because they're believing and you know where you live fi or where you to enjoy your bad boy. oh boy, i'm no one of them. but when a hardy, to that people in utah in junior will godaddy left top, this sucks to clean offense. it is of this country. so i need to johnny porter. yes . fully. can you explain to me how you felt when you got there? what was the energy like, how did you feel in the early hours jack missouri was so lovely, but i never believed. hadn't enjoyed. i use goof cool. sure. sure. peacefully. yeah, get flagged in july flag atlas, russia dizzy. what? when tied to, to comma to, to see, to speak, or what is no good about our country. what are near shore? all right? peaceful, lovely energy was via and ok. let me come to an officer who day in here. because obviously the police officers actually what the receiving and doing this protest being accused of not just brutalizing your people and harassing them. is this true?

would you say in your estimation? yes, actually we have am saying reports of police officers been excessive in their use of force, but still it didn't mean that the entire police force was, was brutal or was insensitive to the plight of the youth. and this were things we're looking to. we have a department from the force of looks into these complains. well, i guess of people have had enough or they felt we're not moving fast enough. okay. i'm, i want to hear from allow me day because i see that your hair style is dreadlocks, which i understand in this country can be a way for people to be targeted. have you experience some of the things that p 2 r p peter was saying? because obviously aroused by selfish as lot of time today to that guy should we know to happen and music loud. awesome optical bye for now. do you and did i go, i'll record you to an out of the south and ask you,

this is the sonata does want me to join because i don't know did go go outside that . i'll get shots because most of it i go up at his, at, as up at the inside with his carseat does reduced to la harassment doesn't ask you to okay. that was it out about as a game. he paused muffled, you for the buddhist cut out. so long the pulls us are asked me to pull up my s 5. what to put as well? if i go out and give one cushion out the country, lead me to we deliver to sergeant at our catalog, i'll do them out. i do not write to such my food, mousy, glad to get my food from the young boy briscoe, luke internet for stuff you don't want to do what you're doing. foster for future outsourcing is asked to stop out of him to join the buddhist. okay. now i should mention 2 of you was that of course saws as a squad was later disbanded, although young people here see that it was quickly replaced with a force that was very similar to that are. but coming back to you of a certain day in j know your, he, i'm going to come back to you. i had reports while preparing for this. the people would even have their telephones checked to have police officers look through their

bank account balance and have and forced them to to withdraw money. is this true? yeah, i mean how, how, how does it get to that point? okay. yeah it's, it's very wrong for a police officer to check in with his foreign bank account and we, we appreciate those people who just don't complain and just maybe make maybe or hands on twitter, pardon my language around on twitter. but people actually stepped forwards to say, oh, this police of sans did this, we actually want to gets such reports and when we get them, we are bringing this officers and make them face on disciplinary action. what is actually wrong? and if i must say this, i'm not saying i'm not trying to defend these bad behavior. it's not the face, but you know, statistically you see that most times certain crimes are committed by satin is group and the often not always, but they often have this. luke,

this tattoo. i'm been, i mean yeah, your pre that's profiling profiling. yes. but for a police officer, what are we saying? nobody in nigeria should wear dreadlocks, like i said from the beginning of this, these not a defense. but as a police officer, i remember that the last 10 people that's confessed to this particular crime, actually have 14 in physical character is maybe not physical, but in this is you would not. you would not blame me if i see somebody which doesn't. this is, and the 1st thing that comes to mind is, or the less than people are, is that okay, let me come to j j because he's laughing at your comment. i'm not sure if it's because he thinks it's funny. i share your thoughts j j. so i was laughing because he was fits in perfectly into the bureau spectrum or by uh huh. and he was literally admitted by us as a police officer. no 4th of he says he's human. but so the next level as a lease officer and as on the station is successful admitted up by us that they are

by us to was great for people like all our media and between them off on doing all of those things. but p t i want to hear from you despite the fact that the government admitted its fault and said, we should have shot you and you were given compensation. you still don't feel safe for her. you just no compensation, notting tuesday. i want to the pioneer. i want every to you does not, not upon our shot on my church, the blood p. s. tomorrow from the back yet. so i know cannot big things that dinner as typical in the political help structure. on my segment rip, i'm says kid, what, what are you scared of? i'm scared all my life because they adjusted angry god meant asked the angry, bullish just angry because we can't come up. challenge them in a court of law. it will show crazy. let me come to an officer who day in here because pete, he said very passionately that police officers are still angry because the youth

dead to challenge the authority, they dare to stand up against you. and is this how you're feeling? honestly. i don't agree with him that police officers are angry because of answers. we knew that the youth that started the zone process when at rollins, we acknowledged that so the, the protests were our term hijacked by some hoodlums from colonel scott. i think you should use the right. i think. okay, the right word, the protest. whenever a jack, nobody i just to protect the protests was attacked. so who attacked these protests? the process was attacked using government's own properties, government's own assets were. so are you suggesting, sarah, that the people, the young hoodlums, as the officer has called them here, who infiltrated the protest was sent by the government? this is a very serious claim. i am not suggesting i am saying your say it on the day on the 9th of the lucky master car, we were able to get about 21. people with the same shapes of i mean the same ships

of what last like this much, etc. the same, they had the same tags and so it was like they were giving to them. so we got about 3 to one of these people. i still have, i, i mean, most did all the videos were played at the panel. that was actually what made panel to which their decision, which so this people to the police and guess what? we're told that they are not their problem. all right, let's come back to the office a. i think it's important that you able to respond and we'll look at the answers protest, but everybody turns a blind eye to the fact that many police stations we attacked many police sessions were bonds down. i don't know if you, if you're aware that many police officers were killed, well police officers will be headed and re many, many of the jobs us where, where are rusted on between. these are facts. and i will tell you that when this process started, and we'll check what they were fighting for men of us were happy because our welfare was part of it so, so,

so some was behind the scene where given them this not like, go ahead, we're going to benefit from okay, so how did it come to be that then people who are armed by the government are opening fire on their own citizens who are and i'm going to ask you if, if that statement is a statement or fox, will you tell me who else has fire arms in this country who will police where, oh well they every the yesterday their voice there will cover firms from hoodlums. ok so, and i'm wondering from you a p t. would you ever participate in a protest again, given what happened to you again and again and again and again, because i could not ignore the tire i renewed as by a dot to kandrique since ellis, mickey, we know that the, our web, our comments are crazy. so we do need to be crazy, so we need to be good by print out or so lot. also do the necessity being good. now, butare cod rule to do all those things is not by saudi is not by okay. look at it

already bought, how we got just is it do or what new the true to ok. jail. let's hear for me is good to hope that. i mean hope is is free is good to hope that is going to be a different game. there were electrons immediately after and sauce, and the phone i was one of louis ever in the history of the country. does that surprise you though? it doesn't. it doesn't, and we have to sit in the way they are right now. there is nothing to say daddy voting dynamics of niger i in terms of voted for not in other because we put our vote on or the opportunities of woodson would change with the lesson that are coming in less than a year. and i want to come back to you of a certain day and because what can we do so that the next time young nigerian which will inevitably happen, come together to protest something. they're not met by bullets. well, and says was a learning process for everyone. if we know you're going to protest, we have to put certain measures in place, make sure it's not. i chuck's glass on my said, i jack there will. yeah, i can. okay at sac. okay. so that was with my years in place to make sure that

there is no attack and am going forward. like you said, inevitably, processes going to happen again, but we hope we are violence. we hope that it will become floating next time. okay, sarah, i want to hear from you solutions going forward because like i said, inevitable protests will happen here. every single person in danger, once in better 9 here, the government needs to understand that you need to constantly talk to these people . you need to consulting, talk to people so that you can know what their grievances are and how to meet them in the middle. okay. ah, i'd like to hear from you allow me day in the future. what do you think young people need to do to make the conversation easier between government and yourselves? police officers and yourselves. do, do what mcgarvey are use shuttle to try to get him to paula when it's going to be sanitized between the hours of work with have been does it dr. wood also discussing what else would play for a future? well, obviously don't back out and just be just be shouted are granting on or line and

also put as we need to get involved in politics, elijah, here in norfolk enough, we cannot quote you ladies of j. j started by quoting fella equity. the great master of music and the things that he was singing about in his album of 1977, a still very much resonating today. how do we stop that cycle? first of all is the feeder request for a better society. that is the never ending one, and that's not unique to nigeria. it's universal. democracies like the americans, as old as to 50 years old on over the continental battle for these freedom. so it's not a question of how to restock them. it's a question of how do we make lives better every year? why was started be q less, conclude with you? what do you see for the future of this country, posts and saws? brutus, i think understanding that we form as youth a critical mass that can really move the needle forward. is something that we need to take very seriously. i mean, we formed like 60 percent of bacteria, the best we could do is get our pvcs more. were it puts in a better change, you will see. all right, well, that's

a fantastic place to wrap up this debate. the sun is going down. it's so beautiful here and actually feel really good in my heart, which so rarely happens at the end of debates. but that's because the young people here i asked, i'll protest, threatening to governments perhaps. but what i've had to day resoundingly is that they use their naga tire. thank you for watching a we b, you we, noble at y ever tire, meaning we the youth will never be tired. and just to show how relevant these events are still to day, we got quite a number of reactions on social media. when we previously add these debates on instagram, them well road. i don't have dreads or tattoos, but i still got grabbed my police officer for not carrying my laptop receipts with me. what i reach out says the police man is actually not wrong, but the problem is, after questioning the person why extort money from them. thank you all for your

comments. unfortunately, i can't read all of them out, but we want to find out more about the relationship young my jones today. 2 years after answers have with the police, my colleague or lisa, he's the streets of legal to find out and what it's on. since the end sounds movement back in october 2020 a lot has been said about have been better police in by jerry. oh, but 2 years later, the question to ask is, how are policing and indeed police relations been with this. this is of nigeria as is improved from the kind of situations that spike and such protests all as had gotten worse. i am here at georgia did baker area of lagos, and i'll be going around the streets to ask people what they think he was like in south never harpoon like the anti protests on. or doug,

maybe did you see like a cognizant of, you know, like a cognizance effect on those previous people because some of them must be variable truck. a brutal was scrutinizes, these people who keep them in check who your reports do. if there is anything, if anything goes wrong with your interaction with the body, you please a friend or a friend, my guy, or not your friend. well, it has improved in the sam. this stopped the whole scope. a search on harass, in a sense of like, social media has been a huge party documenting police interactions in my gera. and these days he wanted police sometimes ca, situations where day gets harassed themselves. almost everyone carries a mobile phone. many young people also are accused to police of negative profiling solely on the basis of their looks and experience at

a lateral to me. kalu knows quite well. they do it every day. i go out every day i decide to hunger on my community, see my food day says chew my friends or wherever i find myself. yeah, i get profound every day every day of my life and it doesn't stop. the it seems like is never going to end. i mean, course i, we're dread log. so i have thought to, and i, this doesn't define me. my parents do not define situations involving police profile and can sometimes become unpredictable. leading to violence or assaults or law to me says he has also been held at gunpoint by a police officer. why i don't know why. i should be up to the police. why i should be up to my community. why? why should be pulled have gone to live rifle to my he strip searched out so fe because i'm coming back from walk. i should the oxy,

my society why i should be back in the police. what issues like these when it comes to the police? i make up everyday life in nigeria. also most striking very sense when i drop police force do that. it's been bolt for bribery and corruption on this wrong people to nigeria and psyche. cotton, across generations, young. oh, thank you lisa and all of you who shared your thoughts and experiences with us. feel free to comment on youtube, instagram, facebook, all right to was at 77 at d, w dot com. we have one last piece for you today in music video by dan dan, rafael. he lat create that specially for d. w. it's called here us out and flourish to cooper illegal. thank you for watching. yes, be only demanding for ya to lead us embassy in peace. what you say the pal?

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