Hillary Clinton calls on Buhari to ‘stop killing protesters’

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and the army to ‘stop killing young #EndSARS protesters’.

Shots were fired on Tuesday at protesters in Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos, although the army has denied involvement. Videos of the shootings were shared on social media.

Mrs Clinton started a new hashtag for the anti-police brutality protests tweeting #StopNigeriaGovernment.

The governor of Nigeria’s most populous state, Lagos, has paid hospital visits to protesters who were injured in Tuesday night’s shooting at Lekki area.

The governor admitted that ‘forces beyond our direct control’ had made a dark history in the state.

Uniformed men shot at anti-police brutality protesters, although the military has denied involvement.

The number of those killed remains unclear but Amnesty International Nigeria said it was working on verifying the number.

The governor had earlier on Tuesday imposed an indefinite 24-hour curfew across the state, saying criminals had hijacked the protests.

On Wednesday morning, he tweeted photos of his hospital visits.

The protests have been going on for about two weeks with calls for major police reforms despite the government disbanding the hated Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars).