President Buhari has broken his silence on the gunfire incident that occurred at the Lekki tollgate on Tuesday, October 20, IgbereTV reports.

End SARS protesters had gathered at the tollgate to stage a protest when they were shot at by security operatives.

In a statement released today October 25 by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari vowed to ensure justice for the ''peaceful protesters who lost their lives.” The President explained that he decided not to talk about the shooting incident until he had access to all the facts.

He also promised property owners and business owners affected by the arson across the nation that they would get justice. He commended Lagos State for planning to prosecute 229 suspects arrested by the police for allegedly using the #EndSARS protest to destabilize the country.

The President also condemned the looting of items from private and public businesses. He appealed to families to turn back children who bring home unaccounted goods. He also advised wives must ask their husbands to return looted items brought home.

The statement reads:

"AGAIN, PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDEMNS LOSS OF LIVES, APPEALS FOR PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD

As the Judicial panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government, one of the more dozen states to do so, starts sitting on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his full support and optimism that it will assist the nation to give justice to peaceful protesters who lost their lives, security men who were murdered and property owners whose assets were vandalized and looted.
The President, who said he had all along avoided going into a debate about the Lekki Toll Gate incidents until all the facts are established, appealed to the people all over the country to maintain peace and brotherhood as the machinery of the government and the wheel of justice turn against the perpetrators of murder, arson, stealing, rape, assault and malicious damage to public and private property.
The President advises that peace, brotherhood, and inter communal harmony are central to our ethos and urges Nigerians “not to turn against one another in hate.”
He said it is important that the police and other security agencies move everywhere to restore calm and normalcy as quickly as possible.
President Buhari said while his administration is working hard through many pragmatic ways to reduce the hardship of the millions of our unemployed, poor citizens and those whose lives have been thrown into disarray by the harsh economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, he warned that resort to widespread attacks and the organized looting and plundering of public and private property in many states are inimical to public good and stand condemned.
A government that has launched a massive crackdown on corruption, brought in strong laws for a decisive battle against corruption, pursues loot recovery at home and abroad, and taken strong decisions against those who thought they were above the law, will not fold its arms when an otherwise legitimate and peaceful protest is turning into free-for-all vandalism and looting.
While the administration has, for its part, blocked so many means of looting public money in a war against corruption, it is the expectation that all civil authorities, community and religious leaders in the country must rise against the organized looting and plunder we are witnessing in parts of the country. Families must turn back children who bring home unaccounted goods, in the same way wives must ask their husbands to return looted items brought home.
What is more, is that criminal actions as we have so far witnessed can weaken and erode the confidence of our people and that of foreign businesses in investing in the economy. Looting and vandalism will hurt trade and investment growth in our country, both large and small industries, as well as our hardworking people in the informal sectors of the economy.
These incidents do not reflect well on any society. They are wrong and condemnable and should not be supported by reasonable members of the society.
In line with this, President Buhari commends the decision of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice to prosecute 229 suspects arrested by the police for allegedly using the #EndSARS protest to destroy and loot public and private property.
As mentioned in two successive statements on the issues, the President and his administration have taken note of the grievances of the people. “We have heard you loud and clear,” he said, and has shown a clear determination to take all necessary measures to address the complaints. The violence must stop.
President Buhari also condemned hate messages and eviction notices to ethnic and religious groups asking Nigerians to take pride in the fact that our diverse people have been living with one another in harmony for ages. The right of all citizens to live and work in any part of the country is a constitutional right and will be defended by the government.

Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
October 25, 2020"

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So the Lekki shooting is no longer fake news?

And "lives were lost"?

What will APC zombies, cows, urchins and cretins do now?

Who ordered the Shooting?
The president must not avoid this question.

Sanwo Olu said, it is forces beyond him, and he did not even order the Soldier to be there at that period of time

The ArmyHQ even said they were not there..
A stupid General in the Army said live video is Photoshoped(Nollywood is not even having green screen equipment )

Who ordered the killing?

If Nigeria don't unite to speak against this nonsense.. The Government will feel they can toy with our life and intelligence at any time.


WHO ORDERED THE SHOOTING AT LEKKI TOLL GATE?

Why can't he address us openly.. Always releasing statement

Some Zombies will have heart attack cos of this news


Ciao

Thought they said you're waiting for the investigation outcome of an incident the world knew the very day it happened? Why should they be killed in the first place? No more freedom of expression.

So the govt acknowledged that there are peaceful #EndSARS who lost their lives? Perhaps the US team that visited Aso Rock is doing the magic now.

The president cant feign ignorance of the paid thugs being dropped off in hilux vans to disrupt the peaceful #EndSARS protesters in Abuja..After all, the only refreshing aspect of the Buhari regime is the frankness of it dishonesty.

What about the 65 Guards Battalion Soldiers from Bonny Camp VI that were implicated in the Lekki shootings? If the Army are saying its soldiers were not the ones shooting, then can Mr president explain to the nation who ordered them, resign or get impeached?

Okoo

OfficialAwol:
So the Lekki shooting is no longer fake news?

And "lives were lost"?

What will APC zombies, cows, urchins and cretins do now?

Peaceful protesters who lost their lives and not DJ switch's victims

Learn to read before advertising your weakness

This stupid old man is a fool....Youths we move.

PissfulProtester:


Peaceful protesters who lost their lives and not DJ switch's victims

Learn to read before advertising your weakness

They are here, as expected .

Have you found the dead bodies y'all been looking for yet?

You know I was thinking it's only dead goats and vultures that grills, but the event of the past few days where all of you have been looking for dead bodies is making me think he also grills corpses

International community, especially UNited States is holding them on the neck, Buhari and co will spend the rest of thier life in ICC'S prisons after his tenure expire !

Looking at this heartless dude, I feel like strangling the sh!t outta him.

I can’t believe we have to endure this illiterate for another 3 years. God help us all.

Just like Tinubu, he encountered serious widespread backlash over his first recorded speech.

We have not seen the end of this!

The protesters would be back before March next year after acertaining that you didn't fulfill all this mouth you are running now.

PissfulProtester:


Peaceful protesters who lost their lives and not DJ switch's victims

Learn to read before advertising your weakness

Yoruba mooslims shaa...

All what pmb know is to talk and talk without implementing actions

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OfficialAwol:

You know I was thinking it's only dead goats and vultures that grills, but the event of the past few days where all of you have been looking for dead bodies is making me think he also grills corpses

mynd44, is this kind of rubbish now allowed in your forum?

#IStandWithAPeacefulProtest

ILoveDemMANNA:
mynd44, is this kind of rubbish now allowed in your forum?

E pain am o!