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TIMELINE: From Denial To Blame Game — Army & Lagos Govt Spat On Lekki Shooting by Racoon(m): 3:37pm On Nov 15, 2020
“FAKE NEWS” – That was the Nigerian Army’s first response to reports that its personnel opened fire at the #EndSARS protest ground in Lekki, Lagos state.

The army shared a picture of a post claiming that soldiers were directed “to shoot at peaceful, unarmed #EndSARS protesters” at the tollgate, stamping it with “FAKE NEWS”, its usual signature to debunk whatever it considers unfavourable.

But with time, it became clear that the army might have a different definition of “fake news” from the common reference to misinformation and disinformation.

Between the time it shared the first post and Saturday, when it appeared before the Lagos panel of enquiry, the army has debunked 18 social media posts relating to the incident – but it has also gone ahead to admit most of them.

Likewise Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, whose initial response was to blame the Lekki shooting on “forces beyond our direct control.”

Having followed developments around the Lekki shooting up till this moment, we bring you a timeline of the recurring inconsistencies between the Lagos government and the army:

October 20: Lagos declared a 24-hour curfew following the violence that broke out amid the #EndSARS protests. It later shifted the commencement of the curfew from 4pm to 9 pm.

October 20: The army denied reports that soldiers were at the Lekki tollgate. Through its official Twitter handle, it made the denial six times, asking people to “beware of fake news”.

October 20: Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos commissioner of information, said the governor has ordered a probe into “reports of shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza”. Hours after, the governor promised to “get to the root” of the shooting which he blamed on “forces beyond our direct control.”

October 21: Sanwo-Olu said, contrary to reports of mass deaths, no one died as a result of the shooting.

October 22: The governor said he was not aware of the person who instructed the military to be at the tollgate, telling AriseTV: “Who gave instructions for military to be there? It is still something we are investigating. And we have escalated it to the highest level of military formation.He also told the television station that two dead bodies had been found linked to the incident in Lekki.

October 26: The governor said the army is responsible for the shooting. He had told CNN: “From the footage we could see, because there were some cameras at that facility, it seems to me that they would be men in military uniform—it should be Nigerian Army or something.”

October 27: The army admitted in a statement that its personnel were at the tollgate but claimed they were deployed only after being invited by the Lagos government. Osoba Olaniyi, a spokesperson of army’s 82 division in Lagos, however, insisted that soldiers “did not shoot at any civilian” during the protest.

October 29: Sani Usman, former spokesman of the Nigerian Army, said soldiers deployed in the Lekki tollgate fired blank bullets – not live bullets. According to him, “if you look at the canisters, they were blank ammo and blank ammo don’t even kill. At a close range, maybe 100-metres, it will have some pigmentation on your skin.”

November 14: At the hearing of the Lagos panel of enquiry, Ahmed Taiwo, a brigadier general of the Nigerian Army, said the army “was unhappy that he (Sanwo-Olu) said he did not ask the army to intervene” in the protest. He also said soldiers deployed to quell the protests wouldn’t have gone with catapults.”

Ibrahim Taiwo, commander of the 81 division, however, said the governor did the right thing by inviting soldiers to restore order during the #EndSARS protest in the state.

https://www.thecable.ng/timeline-from-denial-to-blame-game-army-and-lagos-govt-spat-on-lekki-shooting/amp
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Re: TIMELINE: From Denial To Blame Game — Army & Lagos Govt Spat On Lekki Shooting by Davash222(m): 3:39pm On Nov 15, 2020
Tinubu, Sanwo Olu and Nigeria Army just dey use us dey play Ludo.
Re: TIMELINE: From Denial To Blame Game — Army & Lagos Govt Spat On Lekki Shooting by Baawaa(m): 3:41pm On Nov 15, 2020
They are deceiving themselves
Re: TIMELINE: From Denial To Blame Game — Army & Lagos Govt Spat On Lekki Shooting by ouzo1(m): 3:41pm On Nov 15, 2020
na wetin dey happen when u give mumu people power be that.
Re: TIMELINE: From Denial To Blame Game — Army & Lagos Govt Spat On Lekki Shooting by sapientia(m): 3:43pm On Nov 15, 2020
.Even if you do video of this

Zombies will not agree.

Even if Buhari comes out to take responsible and apologize

Zombies especially Nairaland chapter will not agree

They will still say he did it for peace and their loving father

A country that prefers a father to a sane President as if they are all fatherless.

#ENDSARS
Re: TIMELINE: From Denial To Blame Game — Army & Lagos Govt Spat On Lekki Shooting by Racoon(m): 3:44pm On Nov 15, 2020
Nigerian army of lies.
Lagos state government of lies.
Federal government of lies.
Nigeria is a fraud.
#EndSARS, #EndBrutality/ImpunityBySecurityAgencies,
#EndBadGovernance, #RestructureNigeria.
Re: TIMELINE: From Denial To Blame Game — Army & Lagos Govt Spat On Lekki Shooting by Racoon(m): 3:44pm On Nov 15, 2020
See how a supposed reputable organisation is just disgracing itself with lies.Now that the lying Nigerian army have acknowledged that its personnel were truly @ Lekki, fired @ people but used blanks ammunition yet people were injured, maimed, admitted in hospitals and some died? So why did the army & police stopped essential services ambulance, first responders from reaching their crime scene?

The stupid thing about liars is that they so much lie that they dont even know when they have to tell more lies to cover the lie they have told.Meanwhile, when is the AGF Malami gonna apologise for misleading the nation about the army involvement?
Re: TIMELINE: From Denial To Blame Game — Army & Lagos Govt Spat On Lekki Shooting by Karlifate: 4:47pm On Nov 15, 2020
What do you expect when lawlessness & gross misconduct has become the order of the day?

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