Nigerians Mourn Victims Of Lekki Massacre, Two Years After

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October 20, 2020, two years ago the nation Nigeria was thrown into mourning following shootings in the Lekki Tollgate allegedly carried out by the Nigerian Army to stop the youths protesting against police brutality.

It will be recalled that Nigerian youths across the country had in October 2020, staged a nationwide protest over extrajudicial killings by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

Officers of the Nigerian Army at about 6:50 p.m allegedly opened fire on unarmed protesters who converged at the Lekki Tollgate, leading to the death of several unsuspecting citizens.

CrownFM recalls a report by Amnesty International that at least 12 protesters were killed by the Nigerian military.

A day after the incident, on 21 October, the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, initially denied reports of any loss of lives, but later admitted in an interview with a CNN journalist that “only two persons were killed”.

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government had also claimed that there was no single evidence to prove that any protester was killed at the tollgate.