Ahmed Taiwo, an officer of the Nigerian Army, says the
military was not informed of the change in time of the curfew in Lagos before
soldiers were deployed in the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020.
Taiwo spoke when he appeared before the Lagos panel on
Saturday.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, had announced a
24-hour curfew on October 20, earlier scheduled to begin at 4pm. However, the
time was changed to 9pm afterwards.
But at a few minutes before 7pm, men in army uniform arrived
the Lekki tollgate where #EndSARS protesters had gathered and forcefully
dispersed the protesters.
Giving an explanation of what happened at the Lekki tollgate
on October 20, Taiwo maintained that Sanwo-Olu invited the army to restore
order after the #EndSARS protests degenerated into crisis.
“The situation was so dire and they wanted everyone off the
streets. If you like, sleep in your office; if you like, stay at home if you
are near your house, but get off the streets and let us deal with the criminals
and hooligans,” Taiwo said.
“After some observation, this timing was shifted to 2100
hours, that is 9pm. However, this timing was not communicated to the Nigerian
Army.
“Be that as it may, the Nigerian army deployed immediately
to forestall further violence and loss of lives.”
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So Lekki Toll gate was concealing this volume of truth? They failed to conceal it further please rant on..
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