Lekki Massacre: Money Made From Toll Gate Should Be Used To Compensate Those Who Lost Their Lives- Tinubu

Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has advised that money made from the Lekki toll gate, in the future, should be used to compensate the family of those who lost their lives or any other part of their body during the Lekki Massacre.

Making this call in a statement, Tinubu suggested that the Lekki tollgate, where peaceful protesters were shot by the Nigerian army, be shut down indefinitely.

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Tinubu, who debunked claims alleging that he owned the Lekki tollgate concession, asked the public to carry out an investigation to that effect.

“Today, I speak to those who believe in the importance of, and want to know, the truth.

“The slander aimed at me is based on the untruth that I own the toll gate concession. The hate mongers prevaricate that I ordered the Lekki assault because the protests had caused me to lose money due to the interruption of toll gate activity.

“The toll gate is a public asset. Given what has happened, I would like to propose to government that the toll gate be left closed for an indefinite period.

“If it is reopened, revenues should be donated to the confirmed victims of the Lekki attack as well as to other identifiable victims of police brutality in Lagos.

“Let government use the money to compensate and take care of those who have lost life or limb in the struggle for all citizens to go about the quiet, peaceful enjoyment of life without fear of undue harassment at this or that checkpoint,” he said.

It will be recalled that AllNews earlier reported that Tinubu denied sending the army to attack peaceful protesters in Lekki.

Denying the claim, Tinubu said he became the most available scapegoat.