It would the first time the Nigerian Army has admitted to having live rounds at the Lekki Toll Gate. Pandemic diaries: How are people coping in lockdown? [60] A few hours after the massacre, the Lagos State Governor visited the injured victims in hospitals in Lagos. The Lagos State Government subsequently said these were laser cameras and not CCTV cameras as earlier publicized on social media. [3] Loatsad Media stated, "On Tuesday [20 October] when the curfew was announced we heeded the governor's warnings and didn't want our staff in any danger, hence by 3 pm, our staff had been ordered to leave the site and the board was switched off based on the governor's curfew request. CNN said that Nigerian authorities refused them a response when approached for clarifications. [57] The Nigerian military denied responsibility for the shooting, tweeting that media reports were "fake news". The Nigerian Army has denied being involved in the massacre of peaceful protesters that occurred on Tuesday evening at the Lekki Toll gate despite leaked footage from the unfortunate scene showing uniformed soldiers carry out the killings.. [57], Nigerian international footballer Odion Ighalo said he was ashamed of the Nigerian government. [15] She has since left the country for Canada following threats to her life. The protesters were defiance of a curfew imposed hours earlier by authorities. [41], United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet stated[62] that "There is little doubt that this was a case of excessive use of force, resulting in unlawful killings with live ammunition, by Nigerian armed forces". The Lekki toll gate massacre may well be the beginning of the end of impunity in Nigeria. Lekki toll gate shootings: What really happened? The Nigerian president announced that he would scrap the police unit (SARS) and directed state Governors to constitute a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to decide on cases of killings and brutality by officers of the defunct SARS so punishment can be meted on rogue officers. The Nigerian government has insisted that only social media massacre occurred at the Lekki toll gate during the End SARS protests. Video, 00:04:59Are Egypt's dreams of democracy still alive? [3] There have been complaints about missing persons[6] and a few have been confirmed to be hospitalized and in critical condition. [25] Since the country's return to civilian rule in 1999, soldiers have killed unarmed civilians in several incidents including: Odi,[26] Zaki Biam,[27] Baga,[28] Zaria,[29] and Abonema.[30]. [3], U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden called on the Nigerian government to cease the "violent crackdown on protesters". [14] Though many other eyewitness videos and footages surfaced in the aftermath of the shooting, the livestream would prove to be decisive evidence of the shooting. Investigative journalist ‘Fisayo Soyombo spent 10 weeks tracing the deaths, disappearances and injuries from the military intervention in the Lekki Toll Gate protest of October 20, 2020. In an independent analysis of the attack, Wall Street Journal investigated various clips from social media and concluded that indeed the massacre took place in Lekki. The moment a miner is rescued from China gold mine. The protests which takes its name from the slogan started in 2017 as a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #ENDSARS to demand the disbanding of the unit by the Nigerian government. [58] Protesters defied the curfew although it was later extended till 9 p.m. by the Lagos State Governor, staging several demonstrations, and gunfire could be heard throughout the city. An on-the-ground investigation by Amnesty … Segun Awosanya (Segalink) one of the initiators of the EndSARS campaign was appointed to the panel representing human rights activists. [41] Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tweeted that Nigerian authorities should "stop killing young #EndSARS protesters". It has been a good natured affair; well-disciplined demonstrations, whose dispersed leadership has been constantly reminding those present not to give the police any excuse to intervene. The following days after the Lekki massacre witnessed a lot of violence by hoodlums not associated with the #EndSars protest. On 21 November, the Nigerian Army admitted to the Lagos Judiciary panel of inquiry into the shooting that it had deployed soldiers to the toll gate with both live and blank bullets. He said he saw two people being shot. [44], According to one witness, after the lights were switched off at the toll gate, soldiers arrived and allegedly began shooting directly at the crowd. Protestors converged on the toll gate, set in the south of Lagos near the prestigious Lagos Island, on October 8. At 6:29 pm local time in Lagos, two military vehicles were filmed leaving Bonny Camp on videos shared on social media. Video, 00:02:38How Joe Biden's ancestral Irish home is celebrating. Video, 00:01:03One-minute World News, Nalvalny supporters detained in Russia. Are Egypt's dreams of democracy still alive? 2023: I swear to God, Buhari will not support Tinubu’s candidacy – Lamido; Protesters had been camping at the Lekki Toll Gate for two weeks before the shooting. On 26 October, the Lagos State government constituted a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate happenings during the EndSARS protests and to establish who shot protesters, who were affected, how much compensation victims should get, and who should be prosecuted. Another witness stated that the shooting continued for fifteen to thirty minutes and that after the shooting he observed multiple bodies on the ground. It also said the soldiers were given live and blank [66] rounds of ammunition, but stopped short of clarifying who gave the order. Read about our approach to external linking. [56] Denying this, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, claimed that no one was killed at Lekki and later posted on Twitter that one person died at the hospital as a result of blunt force trauma to the head, and that the connection to the protest was under investigation. After experiencing a revitalisation in October 2020 following more revelations of the abuses of the unit, mass demonstrations occurred throughout the major cities of Nigeria, accompanied by vociferous outrage on social media platforms. [3] On 21 October, the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), released a statement explaining that network downtime experienced during the massacre was a result of damages to fiber cables across major routes in the city resulting in congestion and poor network services. [47], Following a message spread on social media that protesters would be safe if they sang the national anthem and waved the Nigerian flag, Protesters sat down with locked arms singing the Nigerian anthem and waving the Nigerian flag as 20 armed military personnel approached. [40] The Lekki toll gate shooting promptly ended the protest movement. Despite its admission of being involved, it nonetheless continues to deny that its members shot and killed protesters. Within a few days of renewed protests, some claimed victory when, on Sunday, 11 October 2020, the Nigerian Police Force announced it would be dissolving SARS. Video, 00:02:01, 'End Sars is about justice for our loved ones' Video, 00:05:33, 'End Sars is about justice for our loved ones', From End Sars to End Swat, Nigeria protests explained. Video, 00:02:52Pandemic diaries: How are people coping in lockdown? [33][34][35] After experiencing a revitalisation in October 2020, mass demonstrations were occurring throughout Nigeria in major cities, and the hashtag had 28 million tweets. She also said that the number of the dead increased to fifteen, but that she did not get a chance to record further, as her phone battery had died. [72] The panel was denied access to a military hospital suspected of holding bodies of the victims for over 30 minutes but when the panel eventually gained access into the facility it was found purportedly under renovation and empty. Video, 00:05:22Vaccine divides in the Middle East, Meet Kenya's 'spy queen' Video, 00:05:28Meet Kenya's 'spy queen'. Are Egypt's dreams of democracy still alive? The police rejected[51] the bodies. Lekki toll gate shootings: What really happened? At approximately 6.45pm, the Nigerian military opened fire on the #EndSARS protesters who were peaceful. In recent celebratory accounts and interventions, Baba Aye, Andy Wynne and Femi Aborisade have written about how the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre (20 October 2020) is a watershed in the history of social revolt in Nigeria. She said that armed soldiers and police officers shot at her and other peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate on the night of 20th October and that among them were officers of the disbanded SARS unit. The Lekki toll gate massacre came after weeks of demonstrations against the notorious Nigerian police unit known as SARS, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Nicknamed the "Soro Soke" generation - which means "speak up" in Yoruba - they took to the streets across the country for almost two weeks, calling for change. She further said at least 15 people were killed in the shootings and that she and other survivors took the victims’ bodies to the soldiers who took them away. Lekki Massacre: Survivor opens up, narrates her terrible experience. In the first of this three-part series, he details the death threats, intimidation and reported incidents of murder obstructing the flow of information on the number and identities of victims. ", On November 24, as part of its investigations into the shooting, CNN obtained and released CCTV footages from government surveillance cameras overlooking the toll gate presented to the Lagos Judiciary panel of inquiry investigating police brutality, the abuses of the disbanded SARS and the toll gate shooting. [1], On the night of 20 October 2020, Nigerian Armed Forces shot at unarmed protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria. It will be recalled that men in military uniforms stormed the scene of the protest at the Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday evening and shot at many of them. But this survivor of last week’s shooting at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos by peaceful Nigerian demonstrators says she knew she had to speak out. The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. SHAUN KING: Millions of People Watched the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre Happen. The protests is notable for its patronage by a demographic that is made of entirely young Nigerians. It was on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. She hadn’t been able to sleep for a week and just wanted to “stay hidden” at first. Video, 00:04:31, From End Sars to End Swat, Nigeria protests explained, Are Egypt's dreams of democracy still alive? The Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwoolu has reacted to the shooting of several #EndSARS protesters by security agents at the Lekki Toll gate on Tuesday evening. The Brigadier revealed that immediately after soldiers left, hoodlums took over the scene and attempted to destroy the toll gate. [3], According to witnesses, the military did not allow ambulances to provide aid and removed corpses from the scene of the shooting. October 28, 2020 October 28, 2020 admin. Video, 00:04:31From End Sars to End Swat, Nigeria protests explained. – Soldiers were deployed all over Lagos, including Lekki Toll Gate, after the other security agencies were overwhelmed on Oct. 20th 2020, upon the request of the state government. Video, 00:01:42, How Joe Biden's ancestral Irish home is celebrating. They reaffirmed their position that the video footages of its personnel shooting into the crowd were 'photoshopped'. On 20 October peaceful protesters were reportedly shot dead when the Nigerian Army opened fire on protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate. The BBC's Nigeria Correspondent Mayeni Jones investigates what happened that night and the climate of fear that has followed the shootings at Lekki toll gate. In the video, they attempted to remove a bullet from the leg of a man who was shot, tying a Nigerian flag around his leg.[48][49]. [45][46] The soldiers were said to have walked in a formation towards the protesters with trucks flashing light before they opened fire. 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". Shaun King Oct 21, 2020 - 3:51 . [12][13] It maintained that it had done so for the 'protection of the force' in case of any attack by hoodlums who had infiltrated the protests. [5] Amnesty International stated that at least 12 protesters were killed during the shooting, it is said the number is definitely higher. 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[3] U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that Nigerians' right "to protest peacefully needs to be guaranteed" and that "police brutality needs to stop, and those responsible for acts of such dramatic violence are made accountable". CNN said that Nigerian authorities refused to comment when they were contacted for clarifications. In a video made on October 23, she clarified that she witnessed the shooting of seven people at the time she was live-streaming on Instagram. The admission contradicted previous statements about the incident including from telling the judicial panel previously that the soldiers were firing in the air and firing blank ammunition. MTN Nigeria apologized later that night for the loss of coverage at the time of the shooting. Video, 00:04:59. The documentary also revealed that in collaboration with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, CNN was able to establish that several of the bullet casings from the Lekki Toll Gate, originated from Serbia from where Nigeria had imported bullets every year between 2005 and 2016. "[43] Protesters who used MTN and Airtel as their network providers reported that network antennas in that area had been switched off, leaving them unable to make phone calls or use the internet. It said the footage from Lekki toll gate of … However, Tinubu denied that he has any investment in the toll gate which is managed by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC). [42] Also, the electricity supplying lights to the toll gate was cut and the advertisement billboards, which are owned and maintained by Loatsad Media, were turned off. At least 46 people were killed around Nigeria on Tuesday, October 20 according to data gathered by Lagos-based risk advisory, SBM Intelligence. Over Nine people have been confirmed dead after the massacre. Video, 00:13:01. The eight-member panel is headed by Doris Okuwobi, a retired justice. [39] However, many noted similar promises had been made in recent years, and that the government planned to reassign and review SARS officers to medical centers rather than remove them entirely. [69][70], Following a call for submission of petitions against police brutality by the panel, several victims sent in damning reports of torture, killings, and other human rights abuses by the police. Another footage shows four vehicles with flashing lights in a convoy, and they appear to be vehicles used by the Nigerian military and police. 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Video, 00:02:52. [36] Nigerians shared stories and video evidence of how members of SARS were engaged in kidnapping, murder, theft, rape, torture, unlawful arrests, humiliation, unlawful detention, extrajudicial killings, and extortion in Nigeria. Long watch: Is this Russian cult leader a fraud? This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 07:16. [71], During a visit to the scene of the Lekki Toll Gate massacre, the panel found spent bullet shells. Lekki Toll Gate Massacre: Apostle Suleman places curses on killers of Lekki protesters. Video, 00:13:01Long watch: Is this Russian cult leader a fraud? Video, 00:02:01Candlelight vigil for #EndSars protester, 'End Sars is about justice for our loved ones' Video, 00:05:33'End Sars is about justice for our loved ones', From End Sars to End Swat, Nigeria protests explained. They succeeded and even set ablaze the Lekki … Following the lekki tolgate massacre, CNN in a tweet has reacted to it.. 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