The Nigerian Army headquarters has denied deploying soldiers to the Lekki tollgate despite video evidence showing uniformed soldiers shooting at the scene.
The army on their Twitter handle post branded several reports linking soldiers at the tollgate as fake news, stating, “No soldiers were at the scene”.
Fake News!!! pic.twitter.com/4c1LHhRD7s
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) October 20, 2020
Officials of the Lekki Concession Company had earlier on Tuesday evening removed CCTV cameras from the tollgates.
TheNigerialawyer learnt that the streetlights were put off and the CCTV cameras removed before the security agents stormed the venue.
Witnesses also told TheNigerialawyer that the attack on unarmed protesters after the Lagos State Government imposed a curfew in Lagos, left at least seven people dead. The figures could rise with many other protesters injured from the shootings.
Soon afterwards, security agents began opening fire on protesters.
Multiple videos captured by citizens show the moment soldiers opened fire on the protesters, and the clips show terrified citizens crouching and screaming as gunshots rented the air.
The army has, however, labelled the reports false on all its verified social media accounts.
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