Army shot live rounds at protesters in Lagos "massacre" -leaked judicial report

FILE PHOTO: Workers clean up the Lekki toll gate, a site where soldiers had opened fire on protesters late on Tuesday, as Nigeria's Lagos state eases a round-the-clock curfew imposed in response to protests against alleged police brutality, after days of unrest, in Lagos, Nigeria October 24, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

The Nigerian Army fired live rounds at peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos in October 2020, according to a leaked report into the incident seen by Reuters and verified by three sources close to the panel that drafted it.

The report described the incident as a "massacre", said most of the army officers deployed to the Toll Gate were "not fit and proper to serve" and recommended prosecuting certain policemen for their actions.

Spokesmen for the military, police and Lagos state government did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

(Reporting by Libby George; Editing by Catherine Evans)