Nigeria president warns protesters; fails to address shooting
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari spoke to the nation about the unrest that has gripped the country in recent days without making any mention of the deadly shooting of peaceful protesters that prompted international outrage. Buhari called on Nigerians to stop demonstrating and engage with the government in a short televised speech on Thursday. The shootings have been widely condemned, but he did not speak of them at all during his address. KEEP READING SARS: Why are tens of thousands of Nigerians protesting? Waving flags, they sang Nigeria’s anthem. Then they were shot at Nigeria deploying anti-riot police as curfew imposed in Lagos Nigeria: Protesters ‘shot dead’ by security forces in Lagos “I would like to appeal to protesters to note and take advantage of the various well thought-out initiatives of this administration designed to make their lives better and more meaningful and resist the temptation of being used by some subversive elements to cause chaos with the aim of truncating