Following the killing of seven #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at Lekki Toll Plaza on Tuesday, Wikipedia has listed “killing of peaceful protesters th
Following the killing of seven #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at Lekki Toll Plaza on Tuesday, Wikipedia has listed “killing of peaceful protesters there among engagements by the Nigerian Army.
A visit to the Wikipedia page of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday confirmed this development. There were nine other engagements attributed to the Nigerian Army, namely Boko Haram insurgency, invasion of The Gambia, Northern Mali war, and Nigeria-Cameroon border conflict. Others are Nigerian Civil War, Congo Crisis, First Liberian Civil War, among others.
About two weeks into the #EndSARS protests, the Nigerian Army reportedly deployed soldiers to the Lekki Tollgate, an epicentre of the protests, on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses said soldiers fired live ammunition at unarmed protesters around 7pm after lights at the tollgate were switched off and CCTV cameras removed by some persons.
The Nigerian Army has denied involvement in the killings, despite several evidences to support this claim.
But the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a live broadcast on Wednesday morning, said the army deployed troops to the protest ground – after announcing a curfew that was to start at 9pm.
