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At least 13 people have died during protests over economic hardship in Nigeria, according to rights group Amnesty International, which accused security forces of killing peaceful demonstrators. Conflicting accounts emerged on the number of deaths a day after thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across Nigeria to demonstrate against government policies and the high cost of living.

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00:00I was present at that place, and the Nigerian police were throwing tear gas at the citizens
00:29of this country, that are running around to safeguard the fundamental right as entrenched
00:34in the constitution of a right of government of Nigeria.
00:36Every Nigerian citizen should not be afraid.
00:38This country belongs to all of us equally.
00:39We are called stakeholders, and we have a right to participate in peaceful protests.
00:43We have a right to call our government to order.
00:48The police came, opened tear gas on us.
00:51There's this woman with a little child there.
00:53I think the child is just two months, not up to three months.
00:57I'm sure, because the baby is very small.
01:01And we were standing right in front of the police when they opened the first tear gas.
01:06So the woman and the other lady carrying the child, trying to tell them, ah, this is a
01:09small child.
01:10Now you can't do this.
01:11And before we knew, they opened another one, and we had to flee.
01:15We had to run for our lives.
01:17And they were chasing us.

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