Young Nigerians held sustained demonstrations in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and other cities demanding the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a police unit long accused of extortion, torture and extrajudicial killings.
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The federal government announced the unit's dissolution within days, but protests continued over the absence of accountability and the announcement of a successor unit. On the evening of 20 October soldiers opened fire at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, where demonstrators had gathered.
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A Lagos judicial panel later concluded that the shooting amounted to a massacre. EndSARS became a defining political moment for a generation of Nigerians and reshaped civic organising in the country.
