In respond to denial by Lagos State governor for inviting military to Lekki toll gate on the 20th of October 2020, Nigeria are my has said that they unhappy.
Speaking at the investigate panel, The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, says the Nigerian Army was unhappy that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, denied inviting the military on October 20, 2020, when soldiers shot at the Lekki tollgate where #EndSARS protesters were gathered.
Taiwo said this on Saturday in his testimony before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the Lekki incident.
The general, however, said inviting the military was the best decision the Lagos governor could have taken as the #EndSARS protest plunged the state into anarchy but added that the Army was also unhappy that Sanwo-Olu said two persons died from the military engagement at the Lekki tollgate.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has denied inviting army to lekki Toll gate to dispersed #ENDSARS protesters.
“I spoke with the governor and said the Army was unhappy that he said he did not ask for Army’s intervention but I am sure that after you watched everything, you saw he had more than enough grounds to ask for Army’s intervention; perhaps it was the way everything went.”
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