The EndSars Protests may have died down but certainly not the tragedies and destruction that followed it after it was hijacked by hoodlums and extrajudicial killings by security operatives in some cities in Nigeria.
The first killings that sparked outraged was the Lekki shootings of unarmed protesters by members of the Nigerian Military.
However, many people are ignorant of the fact that killings of #EndSARS protesters are ongoing in some parts of the country. This was revealed when Family Writers Press International spoke with a police officer who requested that his identity be hidden.
The policeman revealed that a lot of arrested #EndSars protesters are secretly being executed within the Enugu state detention facilities with approval from the state government.
The police officer disclosed the areas where corpses have been discovered include:
1. Milking Hill Pit along Ngwo Road Enugu State. Four dead bodies(all male) were found in a shallow pit
on Wednesday 28th October, 2020.
Signs of bullets holes were also seen in various parts of their bodies.
The bodies were thrown from very far uphill down into the pit, in order for people not have access to their bodies.
2. Three bodies were discovered nearby a thick bush in Ituku/Ozalla by UNTH, along Enugu to PortHarcourt express road on 28th October, 2020.
All the bodies were seen with bullet holes, and all are male.
3. Two bodies were discovered along Adoration Road Emene, Enugu.
Bullets holes were spotted on their bodies. All are male victims.
4. The families of Mr Sunday Chime, Christian Ugwuja, and Victor are still searching for their children who disappeared during the protests, while several other families are yet to see or hear from their sons and daughters since October 21, 2020 as at the time of filing this report.
Reports revealed that on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of October 2020, the Nigerian police, Nigeria Army and other security forces were seen harassing, intimidating, arresting, and opening fire on protesters.
They were shooting sporadically on peaceful protesters who carried only placards with inscription of "END SARS", "END POLICE BRUTALITY", "STOP ILLEGAL EXECUTION OF YOUTHS".
During these series of sporadic shootings, many protesters were killed instantly and their bodies taken away by the security forces. Over 60 persons sustained various degree of gun shot injuries.
Family Writers Press International correspondent on ground confirmed that on October 23, hundreds of #EndSARS protesters had gathered in the morning hours at various locations in Enugu state to publicize their displeasures against the notorious Nigeria police unit known as Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
At Akwata Coal Camp area, Emene area along Agbani road, had the presence of these youths who engaged in peaceful #EndSARS and #EndPoliceBrutality protests.
Everything turned bloody when the officers and men of the Nigerian police and army blocked the roads to resist the protesting youths, and eventually opened fire on the armless civilians. Not less than nine (9) persons were instantly killed at Akwata, with several others sustaining various degrees of injuries.
Many of the protesters were equally arrested and whisked away in hilux vans to an unknown location by the Nigeria police.
The same tragic incident was recorded at Uwani area of Enugu at about 2:00pm same Friday October 23, 2020. The Nigerian police shot live bullets into the crowd of the protesting youths and killed several persons. Some of the corpses and even the wounded were taken away by the security agents.
Further information gathered reveals that Enugu state government issued a warning to hospitals and medical clinics within the state not to grant medical treatment to any person with gunshot injury without police report.
In Enugu state, the whole condition is terrible as no Nigeria media house is reporting the atrocities being perpetrated by Nigeria security forces in collaboration with Enugu state government.
More than 40 #EndSars protesters are currently under illegal detention in Enugu state CID. Many are still with gunshot injuries on their bodies.
About 29 protesters have been transferred to Enugu maximum prison after their secret arraignment in court without any legal representative. No lawyer or relative have appeared because of the constant denials by the Nigerian police Force and Enugu state government led by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
This report is put together by Family Writers Press International Correspondents in Enugu state.
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