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#EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu Was Misinformed On Lekki Shooting – Army
The Nigerian Army said the situation reports given to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, on the incident that happened at Lekki tollgate on October 20 were not authentic.
Ahmed Taiwo, commander of the 81 division of the Nigerian Army, made this known on Saturday when he appeared before judicial panel the Lagos state government set up to probe the incident.
Taiwo said it is not correct to say anyone died as a result of the shooting at the tollgate.
You will really that Sanwo-Olu, when he appeared on ARISE TV a day after the shooting at the tollgate, said no one died from the incident.
But hours later, he tweeted that he had received information about the death of one person.
“Information reaching us now is that a life was lost at Reddington Hospital due to blunt force trauma to the head. It is an unfortunate and very sad loss. This is an isolated case. We are still investigating if he was a protester,” he posted on his Twitter handle.
One day after, Sanwo-Olu said two deaths had been confirmed among the protesters in Lekki.
But while being cross examined at the panel by Olumide Fusika, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Taiwo said no one died from the incident.
When the lawyer told him about Sanwo-Olu’s position on the incident, Taiwo simply said: “The governor was misinformed.”
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