Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says he was not aware that soldiers used live bullets on protesters at the Lekki toll gate in the 2020 #EndSars protests.
Mohammed stated this on Monday on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by The Lagos Times.
Controversy has continued to trail the protest, during which it was reported that soldiers used live bullets on protesters.
Mohammed said, “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.
“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.”
