Nigeria: One Killed As Protests Spread - Lagos, Kano, Ilorin Affected - Policemen Protest in Lagos

4 January 2012

Lagos — One person was killed yesterday in Ilorin as spontaneous mass protests greeted the new year's sudden removal of petrol subsidy in the country.

The protests in which about 300 serving policemen participated in Lagos also took place in Kano, Benue and Oyo states among others. The Police Headquarters in Abuja described its personnel who protested as mutineers.

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