"The crowd tried to lay low, but a few minutes later, Matthew felt something hit his chest followed by a stream of warm liquid. When he looked down, he saw that he had been shot the bullet entering his chest before exiting through his back. Matthew stood up and tried to run to safety, but stumbled, fell, and passed out."
"His fellow protesters carried him to the nearby General Hospital, where he was treated before being transferred to another facility. I had lost a lot of blood because there were two openings. While I was being treated, I could hear the doctors and nurses talking, but I couldn't react or open my eyes, the 35-year-old content creator told Al Jazeera. I thought I was going to die. The bullet fractured two ribs, but Matthew was one of the lucky ones to make it out alive."
On October 20, 2020, Nigeria's military opened fire on unarmed demonstrators at the Lekki tollgate, leaving 48 casualties and about a dozen people killed. Thousands of young Nigerians had joined a two-week nationwide #EndSARS movement protesting the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, accused of harassment, rape, profiling, extortion and robbery. Many protesters waved national flags and sang the anthem when soldiers fired into the crowd. Survivors include Agbeze Ifeanyi Matthew, who was shot through the chest, fractured two ribs, and was treated in hospital. Victims and families report that promised accountability and compensation from authorities have not been delivered.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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