Hours after the Lekki Toll Gate shooting which has sent shockwaves through the entire Nigeria, President of the country, Muhammadu Buhari is yet to speak on the controversial matter.
Afriupdate reports that witnesses said the shooting by security agents began at about 7 p.m on Tuesday, and observers claim about 20 lives of peaceful protesters were cut short, with others injured.
Armed soldiers were seen barricading the protest site moments before the shooting.
An unnamed eyewitness told BBC News: “At exactly 6.45 pm [local time] the soldiers pulled up… and they started firing directly at we, the peaceful protesters.
![[FILE] A proterster raise the Nigerian national flag along with an EndSars flag during a protest to commemorate one anniversary of EndSars, a protest movement against police brutality at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, on October 20, 2021. – Hundreds of youth match to commemorate one year anniversary of Endars protest that rocked the major cities across the country on October 20, 2020. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)](https://www.afriupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/000_9Q26WJ-scaled-e1643856450254.jpg "FG gets #EndSARS report two years after, promises implementation 3")
“They were firing and they were advancing straight at us. It was chaos. Somebody got hit straight beside me and he died on the spot.
“It was pandemonium and they kept on shooting and shooting at us.
“It lasted for about an hour and a half and the soldiers were actually taking up the dead bodies.”
President Buhari, 77, is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is also the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
#LekkiMassacre This was planned and executed as a Premeditated Mass Murder of #EnDSARS youths by the Nigerian tyrant, Muhammadu Buhari! #RevolutionNow pic.twitter.com/OHfzn78vGd
— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) October 21, 2020
Hello World,
Our @NigeriaGov of @MBuhari is killing our young citizens on the street on Lagos now.
Join us to #StopNigeriaGovernment
Now!!!
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) October 20, 2020
I’m calling on @mbuhari and the @hqnigerianarmy to stop killing young #EndSARS protesters. #StopNigeriaGovernment
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 20, 2020
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But several hours after video showed men in army uniform shooting at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, while anti-police brutality protesters chant #EndSARS, the number one citizen of the nation is silent.
It is noteworthy that despite strong evidence showing soldiers were involved in the shooting, the Nigerian Army has denied being behind the Lekki Lagos Toll Gate episode, saying “no soldier was at the scene”.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who earlier on Tuesday announced a 24-hour curfew, has visited victims of the shooting at the hospitals while promising to give a state broadcast later on Wednesday.
Be Aware!!! pic.twitter.com/BgTxb2eXcq
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) October 21, 2020
Be Aware!!! pic.twitter.com/rpqNtcYF29
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) October 20, 2020
Be Aware!!! pic.twitter.com/pby5mHqmX1
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) October 20, 2020
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