Human rights lawyer and Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB), Femi Falana, has said that the barracks of the soldiers who shot at the protesters at the Lekki toll gate has been found.
Soldiers, last Tuesday, shot at protesters at the Lekki toll gate, leading to a nationwide outrage and dubbing the incident the Lekki massacre.
Falana, in an interview on Arise TV said that ASCAB had carried out its findings and had been able to find the barracks of the soldiers who perpetrated the violent act.
“We have already identified the barracks where the soldiers left for Lekki, we have already identified the barracks.
“The President was likely to have been told, soldiers were ordered so I want to believe that’s why it was not addressed and they said it was a rumour but I think the facts are emerging now, that indeed soldiers went to Lekki, indeed they fired at protesters and indeed some of the protesters at least two have been officially acknowledged to have died from gunshot wounds.
“ASCAB shall establish an Independent National Citizen’s Panel of Inquiry under a number of conditions Composition of the Citizen’s Panel of Inquiry shall comprise representatives of credible and identified organisations of the youth that took part in the #Endsars protest movement, including the Feminist Coalition, among others; representatives of credible and tested civil society organisations.
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“I have never seen it anywhere in the world where in the federal capital of a country where you have all the embassies, you have unmarked vehicles taking thugs round and it was being filmed and the thugs were being ferried by officials of the government and we are being told it’s not the State Security Service and in Lagos it was not the Nigerian Army that shot.
“Such denials do not portray Nigeria as a serious country, because it is the duty of the government anywhere in the world to trace those criminals and bring them to book.
“Nigerian government has no respect for the rule of law and have ensured they stave off all forms of protests in the country.
“Every designated venue for protest in the country have been fenced by government to prevent demonstrations. In Lagos, the Gani Fawehinmin square in Lagos has been fenced while the Unity fountain in Abuja has also been fenced, and the same government has said citizens have the right to protest.”
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