The Lagos Police Command has offered reasons why it teargassed those protesting at Lekki Tollgate on Thursday demanding justice in the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad.
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A leaked memo was quoted to have said N61 million had been budgeted for the mass burial of the protest victims.
This was made known by the Spokesman of the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, on his Twitter handle on Wednesday
This was disclosed in a terse statement made available to The Eagle Online in the wee hours of Saturday.
He said this assurance has become imperative following news that some persons are planning to protest at the Lekki Tollgate.
That chance encounter at the airport unveiled something significant about the man Lai Mohammed and his method.
Afolayan issued the warning in Abuja at a stakeholders’ meeting with military secondary healthcare providers.
The Islamic human rights group not only rejected the report, it described it as full of loopholes and lacking credibility.
It equally challenged families of those allegedly killed during the incident to speak out.
The caucus also asked the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed to immediately resign for lying to Nigerians that the alleged massacre never took place even in the face of damning evidence.
The Minister has always insisted that no one died in the Lekki tollgate shooting that happened on October 20, 2020.
The report, which also called the Lekki Tollgate shootings of October 20, 2020 “a massacre,” was an incriminating indictment of heightening extrajudicial killings and unprofessionalism by Nigerian law enforcement agents
Edun, who is currently undergoing medical attention at home, commended the management of Lekki Concession Company for their prompt intervention and rescuing him after the ugly incident and appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to come to his aid to foot his medical bills.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, demanded the apology from the trio on Wednesday.
The protesters gathered with a big banner, with the inscription, ‘We never forget. 20.10.20. #EndSARS memorial.’
This is despite a ban on protests in Lagos and the heavy presence of armed police personnel at the tollgate.
Reason: one year after the shooting at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State, no one has been punished by the authorities.
This was conatined in the newly-released: ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria.”
But lo and behold, the protesters turned a deaf ear to the call for dialogue from the Federal Government and well meaning Nigerians and groups who originally bought into the ideals of the agitations and started shifting the goal post in the middle of the game by coming up with new demands to the authorities, which pointed to the fact that the protest as genuine as it seemed, had now transformed into the Biblical hand of Esau, but the voice of Jacob
These were contained in a press statement issued by the association, comprising over 80 estates and communities, on Sunday.