Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo in his testimony at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki
Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo in his testimony at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20 said that troops deployed to the Lekki Toll gate were drafted from five formations.
General Taiwo who was finally cleared to give evidence after some initial hurdles said troops were deployed from Badagry, Ikorodu, Epe, Apapa, Ikeja, Alimosho and even Lagos Island to restore order at the Lekki Tollgate venue of the #EndSARS protester. *
Taiwo had earlier said that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made the right call by inviting soldiers, but that they were unhappy with the governor for denying that he invited the military when the situation reached Stage 4 of IS Security.
He also said that the Army was not after Obianuju Catherine Udeh, professionally known as DJ Switch, who was one of the #EndSARS protest leaders at Lekki Tollgate on the day of the shootings.
“We have bigger fish to fry (how to stabilise Lagos).
“We have bigger fish to fry (how to stabilise Lagos).
“At the tollgate, the real #EndSARS protesters were on one side, sitting, while hoodlums, who wanted to burn down Oriental Hotel, were on the other, and were dispersed by the soldiers using blank bullets.”
General Taiwo said lootings were well coordinated and the Army would have recovered most of the looted property if the state government had carried them along while lifting curfews.
