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Lekki toll gate shootings: Nigeria's 'massacre without blood or bodies' 500 Internal server error
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Thousands of young people protested against police brutality. But on 20 October, the Nigerian army opened fire on protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Despite it being filmed by people there and even live streamed on Instagram, the army denies the shooting happened and says it was 'fake news'. Coming back again later
The government called it 'a massacre without blood or bodies'. Alternatively, please visit the
The BBC's Yemisi Adegoke investigates what happened that night.
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