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    How I Was Attacked By SSS Officers — Activist Yemi Ademolekun

    • Date of Occurrence
      November 12, 2019
    • State/Country
      Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
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    Yemi Adamolekun, a Nigerian activist, narrated to Premium Times Newspapers how she was attacked by officers of the State Security Service while taking part in a protest for the release of Yele Sowore.

    Ms Adamolekun, director of Enough Is Enough Nigeria, said she was filming the beating of two journalists by SSS operatives when she was violently attacked and her phone smashed, leaving her effectively “phoneless”. The journalists were of The Guardian and Galaxy Television.

    The activist said SSS operatives opened live rounds on the protesters, with bullets flying “above people’s heads.”

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2019-11-12

    • State/Country

      Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

    • Perpetrator

      DSS

    • Source

      https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/362491-how-i-was-attacked-by-sss-officers-activist.html

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    Region
    • North Central
    Rights & Freedom Violated
    • Right to Dignity
    • Right to Freedom of Association & Assembly
    Gender of Victim(s)
    • Female
    Mode of Attacks
    • Criminalisation of Protests
    • Physical Attacks
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