It was here on October the 20th, according to rights group Amnesty International and witnesses that soldiers opened fire on activists demonstrating against police brutality.

The military has denied shooting live rounds and the police say they weren't involved.

On Saturday, a group of about 15 gathered despite calls from the government to scrap the demonstration.

They were met by a heavy police presence.

A T least six people were reportedly beaten with truncheons before being driven away in police vehicles.

A police spokesman said he was unaware of the arrests and would look into accusations that activists had bean manhandled.

On Friday, one of the two youth members of a Lagos state panel investigating the October shootings resigned due to the undue intimidation of peaceful protesters.

They also cited the panels vote to reopen the toll gate, a source of revenue for the state government.

Before the probe had been finished.