Nigerian actor and politician Desmond Elliot has reacted to
the Lagos EndSARS panel report, which was released on Monday.
Reacting to the report on the Wake Up Nigeria programme on
TVC, he said that he read the report but already knew that the incident was
chaotic.
Elliot also claimed that he knew that the truth regarding
the incident would surface stating that it was a pattern for the government in
power.
He said, “I read it and it was very heartbreaking.
Heartwrenching. I knew there was a calamity, chaos. Except you are not Nigerian
or you are not human. You would feel for everybody.
“I have always said something. When MKO died and the
government of the day denied and denied, it took this government to come and
say you know what, we have wronged you; this is the truth. And they actually
gave Democracy Day.
“We have always said the truth comes out. There is no how
you would try to hide it, the truth would come out.”
The member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, however,
commended the state government for letting the report see the light of day.
Elliot said that the government’s action was commendable
because it would have known that the report would indict it but still allowed
it to be released.
“But I now looked at it from another angle. Is it possible
that this government didn’t know what was going to come out? Of course, they
did. But the government of today, I am talking of the state government, I want
to believe knew what was going to come out.
“There is going to be an official statement so let me not
jump the gun because I am also in office,” Elliot added.
The lawmaker came under fire after the Lekki toll gate
incident for calling on the Speaker of the state House of Assembly to “address
certain things” like “the Nigerian youth, the social media, the social
influencers”.
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