This morning, human rights activist Rinu Oduala could still hear gunfire outside her house in Lagos, Nigeria.
“I can’t even describe it,” she said, growing emotional. “It seems like our whole hope is lost.”
Oduala has been on the streets of Nigeria with thousands of other young people for about two weeks now. They had been peacefully protesting for an end to police brutality. But on Monday night and into Tuesday, mobs set multiple police stations on fire. The government declared a curfew for 24 hours in Lagos, saying all protesters had to go home by 4 p.m. local time. (The Lagos government announced later that enforcement of the curfew should not begin until 9 p.m. local time.)
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