NIGERIAN ARMY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED AT LEKKI TOLL GATE – GOVERNOR BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, has said the Nigerian Army is responsible for the shooting that occurred at Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
The army has come under intense criticism from Nigerians after military men opened fire on #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate last Tuesday, October 20.
The army has gone on to deny being responsible for the shootings while the Federal Government said it would investigate the tragic incident.
Speaking with CNN on Monday, October 26, Sanwo-Olu said the CCTV footage would be available to the State judicial panel probing brutality of security operatives.
He said, “From the footage that we can see because there are cameras at that facility, it seems to me that they were men in military uniform, Nigerian Army.
“Yes, they (military) were there. That's what the footage shows.”
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The Governor, who said he believes that the #EndSARS campaign yielded positive results, stated that it is untrue that pressure from the international community forced President Muhammadu Buhari to speak about the incident.
He said; “There is no international pressures whatsoever. These are genuine protesters that we all believe and we all have knowledge about,” he said.
“I was the first governor among governors with due respect to all my other colleagues who came out to meet with them, who started from the front. I carried the EndSARS flags with them. I met with them twice and we all had the rally together and walked together.
“I genuinely believe there would be change for two reasons. One, what has happened, especially in Lagos is extremely unimaginable. Number two is that it was a clarion call for all of us in government, especially understanding and realising what the youths truly want us to be doing. So, it hit all of us like a thunderbolt and it was just a wake-up call.”
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