#Endsars Diary: Police shoot at Jos protesters
By Guardian Exclusive
16 October 2020 |
8:16 pm
The EndSARS protesters who were demonstrating peacefully in Jos, the Plateau State capital were attacked by Nigerian police officers with live ammunition.
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- freeze
- Government
- Illegal
- IPO
- Jos
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- McAfee
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- Minister
- Mompha
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- Partey
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- Stolen Funds
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