Demonstrators marched on the Nigerian Embassy in south Dublin as a part of worldwide protests against police brutality.
Hundreds of protestors wearing face masks turned up outside the building on Leeson Street earlier today.
The demonstrations came after Nigerian soldiers gunned down protesters in Lagos who were asking for the scrapping of a unit of the Nigeria Police Force, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
Several people died in the incident in Lekki on Tuesday following an alleged order by Lagos state government to show force.
SARS was created in 1992 by former Nigerian police commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda.
Dublin protest organiser Omotayo Ogundipe told Dublin Live that the special squad "abused its power to brutalise young Nigerian people" over the years.
He said: "The squad was created to address robbery, kidnapping and things like that.
"But you could be arrested for having dreads, tattoos, coloured hair, the way you dressed. They believed that if you had flashy cars or iPhones, you were a criminal."
Last week, head of the police Mohammed Adamu announced that a new squad called SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) will replace SARS.
Things came to a head after at least 12 people were shot by soldiers and police in Lagos yesterday, the BBC reports.
Omotayo said: "The Nigerian government turned off the street lights at the scene of the protests and the soldiers started shooting up peaceful protestors.
"These soldiers seized some of the bodies that were shot. Some families don't know where their children are, they think their children are missing.
"This is meant to be a democracy and it seems more like a dictatorship. It's horrific."
Omotayo added: "So we are tired of this brutality. We are tired of corruption."
Gardai told Dublin Live the demonstration was a peaceful affair with no arrests being made.
Dublin Live has contacted the Nigerian Embassy for comment.
