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Lagos was under a round-the-clock curfew on Wednesday enforced by police roadblocks, the day after witnesses reported soldiers had opened fire on protesters in Nigeria's biggest city, in an incident a rights group said may have caused deaths.

Police - some armed, some wearing body armour and many in plain clothes - earlier set up roadblocks in Lagos, two witnesses said.

The unit was disbanded on Oct. 11 but the protests have persisted with calls for law enforcement reforms. Sanwo-Olu tweeted pictures of his hospital visit to victims of what he referred to as the"unfortunate shooting incident" in Lekki.

 

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