Soldiers have opened fire on demonstrators gathered at a protest site in Lagos that has been the epicentre of widespread rallies against police brutality in Nigeria, according to several witnesses.<\/p>\n
Amnesty International also said in a statement on Tuesday it had received \u201ccredible but disturbing evidence of excessive use of force occasioning deaths of protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos\u201d, adding that it was investigating \u201cthe killings\u201d.<\/p>\n
Three witnesses told Reuters News Agency that the soldiers fired at the protesters who had gathered in the Lekki district of Nigeria\u2019s largest city in defiance of an indefinite curfew imposed hours earlier by the authorities. Hundreds of people were at the site at the time of the shooting, which witnesses said took place around 7pm (18:00 GMT).<\/p>\n
\u201cThey started firing ammunition toward the crowd. They were firing into the crowd,\u201d said Alfred Ononugbo, 55, a security officer. \u201cI saw the bullet hit one or two persons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Inyene Akpan, 26, a photographer, said more than 20 soldiers arrived at the toll gate in Lekki and opened fire. He said he saw two people being shot. Akinbosola Ogunsanya, a third witness, also told Reuters he saw soldiers remove bodies.<\/p>\n