On that fateful day, Soldiers went to the toll gate where protesters were protesting peacefully and opened fire, killing a number of people.
During the unfortunate event, DJ Switch went live on Instagram and shared the events of the unfortunate day with almost 150 thousand viewers.
Now, she is back to share an unfiltered eyewitness account of what happened. She said:
“Yes, there were soldiers there. Another thing people are not talking about is that the Police were also there. The SARS people we are talking about also came about 45 minutes after the soldiers left. We were tear-gassed; the tear gas felt like Cotonou pepper mixed with acid.
“We would run and come back and the only thing we fought with was our flags. We would sit on the floor; raise our hands up singing the national anthem. That was all we had. They put off the lights, even if there was no power supply on a good day, in that axis, there is always light at the Toll Gate. It was pitch-black.
“…A boy jumped on me and kept shouting, ‘cover her, cover her.’ I did not even understand why he did that. They shot that boy while he was on my back.”
