The Nigerian Army has said that it will repeat the same action it took at the Lekki Toll Gate anywhere in the country if such a situation arises again.
This was made known by the Commander of 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Ibrahim Taiwo while testifying before the judicial panel the Lagos State Government set up to probe the incident.
Responding to inquiries by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Olumide Fusika, Taiwo who insisted that there was no shooting of live ammunition at protesters, said the army would act in a similar way to that of October 20, 2020 given the same circumstance.
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Despite evidence of people being killed and injured during the October 20th incident, the army had maintained that only blank bullets were used on protesters.
