‘There was no massacre at Lekki toll gate,’ Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, the former Minister of Information and Culture, has said that there was no massacre at Lekki toll gate during the #Endsars protests that happened five years ago.

The former minister, while speaking with Channels Television on ‘Sunrise Daily’, reacted to the reports about the 2020 protests, stating that there was a lot of fake news being spread about the incident.

Lai claimed that soldiers were issued blank bullets to use at the toll gate, adding that those at the federal government level had access to more information than the average Nigerian.

“See we at the Federal Government level had access to such information no one had. And I know for a fact because I was continuously in touch with the Chief of Army Staff and the Chief of Defense Staff all throughout those operations. I know for a fact, that soldiers were issued blank bullets when they went to Lekki toll gate. The actors are still alive today. Honestly, I am not aware that the military were used live bullets on protesters, but I know that there was no massacre at the Lekki toll gate. There was a lot of fake news, a lot of misinformation, but really the truth of the matter is that because everybody wants to believe that people are massacred,” he stated.

Lai also urged people who disagree with his claims to bring a family of a victim who lost his or her life at the Lekki Toll gate on the 20th of October 2020.

“And I say this. Very simple. Tell me one person who says my daughter or my son or my ward was at the lucky toll gate, and he was shot and killed there,” he added.