Following the shootings that took place at the Lekki-Toll gate during the #EndSARS Protest in Lagos, the Nigerian Army have taken to Twitter on October 21, 2020 to deny reports that soldiers opened fire against peaceful protestors during the incident the previous day, despite eyewitness accounts, video footage and several news reports. The army’s Twitter account labeled several local and international publications reporting on the shooting as “fake news.
Despite the Nigerian military’s denials, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State, identified 29 injuries as a result of the shooting but stopped short of mentioning any fatalities. Sanwo-Olu called the “unfortunate shooting incident” the “toughest night of their lives,” and his tweets suggested the orders came from the Federal Nigerian government. He also instituted a fact-finding committee to investigate the Nigerian Army’s rules of engagement, all of which calls into question the reaction from the Nigerian military.
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