source: Daily Leadership (Nigeria); Daily Champion; Business Day (Nigeria); Premium Times (Nigeria); Blueprint; Daily Post (Nigeria)
actor1: Protesters (Nigeria)
actor2: Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
location: Ojota
notes: On 3 July 2021, over 100 Yoruba members gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota (Kosofe LGA, Lagos) in a demonstration regarding the rise in insecurity in the state and demand the creation of an independent State. Members of the police and military forces shot against the demonstrators and used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse the group. A teenage girl was shot and killed by a stray-bullet; the police denied the use of live ammunitions. 49 people were arrested. [size=over 100]