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#EndSARS : Lekki shootings, Shitte killings and other lies peddled by @HQNigerianArmy since 2015 | The ICIR https://tinyurl.com/y4mj7ojp 

#shitteMassacre #Lekkishooting

#TheICIR chronicles major issues the @HQNigerianArmy led by General Tukur Buratai have lied about to the Nigerian public from 2015 to date, despite damning evidence confronting their claims. https://www.icirnigeria.org/lekki-shootings-shitte-killings-and-other-lies-peddled-by-nigerian-army-since-2015/

#EndSARS : Lekki Toll Gate shooting

On October 21, the Army in responding to media reports on the #Lekki shootings via its official Twiter handle @HQNigerianArmy claimed the reports on soldiers shooting the unarmed protesters were false & none of its men was present at the scene.

Seven days later, Major Osoba Olaniyi, Acting Deputy Director, 81 Division @HQNigerianArmy Public Relations, reversed the military’s initial position in a press statement, saying soldiers had been deployed to #Lekki’s toll gate to enforce curfew announced by the @followlasg.

The military’s statement came shortly before @AmnestyNigeria, revealed that its investigation had tracked army vehicles from their #Lagos barracks to #Lekki Toll Gate using photographs and verified videos of the soldiers’ movements that had been posted on social media.

On October 24, @jidesanwoolu, the Lagos State governor said security camera footage obtained from the scene confirmed Nigerian soldiers firing at the peaceful protesters at #Lekki plaza, prior to the army’s admission of its presence at the scene.
https://www.icirnigeria.org/lekki-shootings-shitte-killings-and-other-lies-peddled-by-nigerian-army-since-2015/

VIDEO: Despite, the global outrage that followed the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate the @HQNigerianArmy has consistently denied culpability in the death of at least 10 protesters according to @AmnestyNigeria who were shot with live ammunition on Oct. 20.