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    CNN Allegedly Fingers Nigerian Army Over Lekki Killings

    straightnewsng.comBy straightnewsng.comNovember 18, 2020 --- 6:50 pmUpdated:November 18, 2020 --- 6:54 pmNo Comments2 Mins Read
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    As pall of doubt continues to hang over the wanton killings of ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, Cable News Network has fingered Nigerian Army of complicity in the dastardly act.

    CNN, an American news-based pay television channel, has released findings from its independent investigation on Lekki shooting, shared videos of what appears to be soldiers shooting directly at the crowd.

    This sharply contradicts the remark of Brigadier-General Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Lagos who told Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry that the soldiers at the scene of the incident only fired blank bullets on the protesters and there were no fatalities.

    However, CNN shared footage of what appears to be soldiers shooting at the #EndSARS protesters who had gathered at the tollgate to press home their demands to end SARS as well as end police brutality.

    CNN in its investigation spoke with a man, Elisha Sunday, whose brother, Victor, was killed during the October 20th shooting incident.

    The media house also spoke with some of the protesters who were at the scene when the shooting occurred. They claim the soldiers indeed fired shots at them.

    The media house also tracked the bullets shells seen at the Toll Gate and the companies that supplied the Nigerian Army Weapons since 2005.

    Before now, Premium Times had done and published thorough investigations that did implicate the army in the shooting spree.

    Recall Nigeria drew global attention when military men stormed the Lekki toll plaza where #EndSARS protesters gathered and fired gunshots.

    Shortly after the incident, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a press conference stated that no sitting governor controls the rules of engagement of the military.

    On October 26, the governor granted an interview to CNN where he stated that only two deaths were recorded from the incident, adding that he visited the scene the next day and could not find bloodstains.

    On the day of the incident, the Nigerian Army took to its Twitter handle to deny claims its personnel was at the scene of the incident.

    On October 27, the Army broke its silence and alleged that the Lagos state governor invited them to help quell the violence that erupted after the protest was hijacked by hoodlums.

     

     

     

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