Spotlight Q&A: Why Nigerians are protesting police brutality By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Oct 22, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 Updated Nov 28, 2020 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Protesters throng the streets during a demonstration against police brutality in Ikeja, Lagos, on October 19, 2020. Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP/Getty Images kAm}:86C:2 92D 366? 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