Protests play a significant role in the political, economic, social and cultural life of our societies. Protests have repeatedly motivated positive social change. Through protesting, individuals and groups express disagreement, opinions and objections to government actions or inactions. Protests bring attention to errors in governance and demand their rectification. The right to peaceful protest is protected under the international and African regional human rights frameworks, including the Nigerian Constitution. In Nigeria, the Public Order Act is designed to support the appropriate and peaceful conduct of peaceful assemblies (protests), meetings and processions. Yet the Nigerian government does not respect the right to peaceful protest, particularly in the case of protests against the government. This can be seen in recent protests against Nigeria's notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad. This article examines the context of the application of the right to peaceful protest in Nigeria in view of the recent #EndSARS protests.

抗议在我们社会的政治、经济、社会和文化生活中发挥着重要作用。抗议活动一再激发积极的社会变革。通过抗议，个人和团体表达对政府行为或不作为的不同意见、意见和反对。抗议活动引起人们对治理错误的关注并要求纠正。和平抗议权受到包括尼日利亚宪法在内的国际和非洲区域人权框架的保护。在尼日利亚，《公共秩序法》旨在支持适当、和平地进行和平集会（抗议）、会议和游行。然而尼日利亚政府并不尊重和平抗议的权利，特别是在针对政府的抗议活动中。这可以从最近针对尼日利亚臭名昭著的特别反抢劫小队的抗议活动中看出。鉴于最近的 #EndSARS 抗议活动，本文探讨了尼日利亚和平抗议权的适用背景。