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Who sent soldiers to Lagos?

9jatriot:
Tuesday night, the 20th day of October 2020 was called Black Tuesday because of what many believe to be the killing of peaceful protesters at Lekki toll gate.
DJ switch was showing live feeds and many celebrities were reported to have been killed. With the sound of gunfire at the background, there was no reason not to believe what they were saying.
As a result of that news, it was termed the Lekki massacre. Those who heard the news were stunned. Reaction began to pour in and without thinking the GTB, ZEnith and Polaris bank close to the venue were reported to have been set ablaze.

Not satisfied with that, they proceeded to the toll gate and set it ablaze. All of that happened that same night. By the next day many other buildings and businesses were to go down.

First let us start with the definition of what a massacre is, the Oxford dictionary defines it as "an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people." Usually at the end of a massacre, dead bodies litter everywhere and there would be enough blood on the ground to leave trails of the events that had happened there.

Even though the dust at Lekki toll gate is yet to settle, only the following facts can be ascertain.

1: Earlier inn the day, some security camera were removed, however, the governor says only the etag barcode scanners and not CCTV cameras were removed.
2: The lights were turned off
3: Soldiers arrived at the venue just before dawn
4: Soldiers asked protesters to go home and started shoot (the question is, did they shoot to kill or shoot to scare?)
5: People got injured (So far no evidence of injury from gunshots, the injuries could have been as a result of the ensuring stampede)
6: The injured people were taken to the hospital
7: The governor immediately went out to visit the hospital and undertake an on-the-spot assessment to determine the immediate and remote cause of the action
8: The governor in a state wide broadcast came out to state that no one died as a result of the shooting. He would later come out to say that one person died at the hospital as a result of the complications in the injuries he had.

Those are the facts as I remember them. Next are the fiction or fake news

Fiction or fake news No. 1: That there was a massacre.
Verdict: Massacre will result in a blood bath, in a place like lekki, it cannot be hidden

Fiction or fake news No. 2: Eniola Badmus dies as a result of the shooting.
Verdict: She came out herself to debunk the news

Fiction or fake news No. 3: Then there was a picture of a lad carrying a lady wrapped in the nation's flag
Verdict: It turned out to be a drama acted on independence day titlled "Heal Our Land Ooh Lord" acted by NCCF Akwa Ibom (I would love to watch it if anyone has a link to the drama)

Fiction or fake news No. 4: Many other images of dead people with names
Verdict: Many of those people have come out themselves to say that not only are they alive some of them claimed not to have even be there that night

Fiction or fake news No. 5: Soldiers were shooting directly at protesters
Verdict: This is the one that I wanted to verify as much as possible, but the video that I watched was of soldiers shooting into the air. I haven't found any other video showing otherwise. And let's think of it, if those shots were directed at the protesters, there would have been real massacre because the protesters would have had no cover because of the way the toll gate is. With the number of gunshots heard, Protesters would have been falling one by one. So far no concrete evidence to show or confirm that was what happened other than the commentary of people who were probably exaggerating, emotional or trying to blow their sense of self-worth out of proportion.

Fiction or fake news No. 6: Pictures of dead people covered in Nigerian flag
Verdict: Many of those pictures were pictures of dead people from other incidents and not at the Lekki toll gate. Some of them showed that they happened during the day whereas anything "Lekki toll gate massacre" would be at night.

The reaction after that unverified news has left Lagos wondering, What Really happened?

In all of these, let us all appeal for calm. #Endsars does not mean we should destroy the few legacies we have.

Please share if you will

People like you are part of the problem.

olakunle5296:
*RE: YORUBA RONU*

I found it very funny indeed yesterday, as I read several messages sent to me by my fellow Yoruba friends , that we Yorubas should wake up and use our senses

That the on-going protest and destruction of property has been hijacked by the Igbos and Hausas to destroy Lagos State which is OUR PRIDE as Yorubas

That the protest is aimed at spoiling the reputation of Tinubu against becoming our next president.

I am so sad as a YORUBA at the level of ignorance that my fellow kinsmen are demonstrating with this type of irresponsible post called YORUBA RONU

First, this protest is not only ongoing in Lagos , it's everywhere in the country, from Abuja to Port Harcourt to Benin, to Asaba to Kano to Enugu, so why is Lagos State the only focus of Yoruba Ronu?

Destruction of property occured in all parts of Nigeria not Lagos Alone.

The properties destroyed in Lagos came up as aftermaths of the massacre at LEKKI


Second, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not the Leader and Hero of Yorubas, including me, he has amassed his wealth from our Commonwealth as a people, can Tinubu boldly come out and swear that the money he used in establishing TVC and the Nation's Newspaper came from his sweats and labour?

Tinubu presidency is mainly for the good of himself, his wife, concubines and political disciples, not for the progress of the YORUBAS

The only LEADER that we Yorubas ever had who was selfless, accountable, not greedy, and visionary was *JEREMIAH* *OBAFEMI* *AWOLOWO*, after AWOLOWO died Yoruba had no Leader again, MKO ABIOLA came very close but was betrayed by fellow Yorubas.

All those currently parading themselves as Yoruba leaders are never near Awolowo's status

They're there for their own pockets.

*WHY ARE THE YOUTHS ANGRY*

It started with #Endsars, but later resurrected the oppressive anger that has been living in Youths for several years

Anger triggered by

No hope for the future

Reading in the newspapers the monthly payment of senators and politicians while the masses are suffering

Graduating without employment

Graduates working as okada riders, yet seeing the children of Tinubu, Atiku, Buhari, Obasanjo, El-Rufai,Osinbajo, MC Oluomo etc flouting their parents wealths on Instagram, Facebook and other social media handles

These, especially the last point has created sorrows in the minds of Nigerian youths , knowing fully well that their wealth are accummulated by our Commonwealth,even the ones used in training their children


Mandela despite knowing Nigerias assistance for him while he was in prison ,hated Nigeria with passion because he said Nigeria was a country where the Leaders use the resources of the people to only enrich themselves

Let nobody turn this protest into a tribal war, this is a United struggle of Nigerian youths irrespective of tribes or language

My dear Yoruba siblings from another parents ,do not let anyone play on your intelligence


*Kindly disregard @ YORUBA RONU*

© *SORO SOKE*

Is Tinubu the president of Nigeria, why the focus on Tinubu to the point where it appears this was about him and not the suffering of young Nigerians in the hands of the government.
Don't tell me the people who lost their lives did so because of Tinubu. Whe the undue focus on him.

luvmijeje:
Don't worry na. Shebi you all refuses to see beyond your nose. Instead of you to fight for ways to identify them better, you are fighting for dissolution.

In the next 24 hours, you will get to see thugs and miscreants in action. There is no need to even encounter them.

The real miscreants are the people who kill innocent people just for the fun of it and get away with crime.

luvmijeje:
No I don't. But I live and eat in the midst of miscreants and thugs.

Police don't attacked businesses o but miscreants do.

When police misbehave, they are traceable..... You can't trace miscreants and thugs.

What you all have set into motion.......... Let me keep quiet.

Like I said earlier, you don't know them. One encounter is all you need, and you don't even have to commit any crime before you become a victim. They are all bastards. Sometimes more deadly than armed robbers and your so called "miscreants "

luvmijeje:
No matter how bad the police are, they are still our last defence against these miscreants and thugs.

And you all strip us off this defence due to ignorance and hatred.

So it's now free for all. You elevated those who are not accountable to us above the police force.

The crow has come home to roost.

You don't know the Nigerian police.

GeneralShepherd:
The time window to address this monster is closing really quickly. Like Amechi said if the poor hits the streets everybody will be on the run.

1. Arrest the commander of the Lekki squad, court martial him and his squad.

2. Show good faith by being truthful about how many people died last night and compensate their families.

3. Stop hiring thugs to disrupt peaceful protests and provide security to those who still choose to peacefully protest .

4. Use non-lethal force aka tear gas, rubber bullets, water canons and sonic booms to disperse problematic protests.

5. When the situation is under control we need to talk about how we wish to proceed as a nation.

If only our leaders are half as smart as you are. The only tool they have in dealing with the populace is violence.

NIJJAking:
We Igbo's have being observing lately the malicious attempts by some mischievous elements from the south west to put the blame of the recent protests and aftermath reactions on Igbo's as those who pushed them or is it deceived them into carrying out the decisions they carried out. At. No time did an Igbo man lead the protest in any part of the south west to carry out any action which they did. We are all aware of how the protest began and subsequent events that unfolded . Igbo's are in the east carrying out their protest against the security forces and bad government while the yorubas are busy doing theirs in their respective states.

Why don't you shut the Bleep up. Who are you to issue any warning to anyone. You better mind your damn business at this time. Boys aren't smiling at all.
If you love SARS so much you can ask the FG to send them to the south east.

nedekid:
They feel tinubu had a hand in that attack at lekki toll gate. The cctv being removed, also the light being turned off just before the attack.
People are of the opinion tinubu owns that toll gate and his revenue stream was being interrupted so he called the soldiers.
Notice anything seen as his has been attacked. Eg nation newspapers, tvc, brt busses, oriental hotel etc.

He obviously doesn't own the Lekki toll plaza. Someone gave the orders for the soldiers to shoot the protesters, it is very important we know who that person is. But all that is being lost in going after Tinubu.

newharddrives:
Hmmm...those weapons will eventually be use in robbing innocent citizens

No, they will be used to confront the police and the army and pronto you are in Libya.

Why is Tinubu alone being targeted? This is something I can't understand. He doesn't control the police or the Army, why him alone!
The president of Nigeria has nothing to say despite all the violence going on.
It is time for this country to peacefully end.

This is how to calm frayed nerves not by shooting at people who are already agitated.
The person who gave the order for the Lekki shooting must be found and prosecuted.

SilverNorGold:
.. Uncle UN, don't bother. Nigeria, under the able leadership of President Mohammadu Buhari, is capable of resolving the crisis...

For now, President Mohammadu Buhari is giving the benefit of the doubt to the governors to resolve the issues in their various states. It's only when they fail, that Baba will interfere..

Trust me, once Baba is involved, all those baby hoodlums, disturbing the peace of Nigeria, will be flushed out like the shit that they are.

So rather than disturbing itself about Nigeria, I strongly urge the UN to get more trash cans that will receive the loads of petitions that will soon be dumped on its table, by the evil forces of Nigeria, after they've been dealt with by the law.

President Mohammadu Buhari just dey look them.. Soon, they'll all feel the weight of the Commander in Chief.

Nigeria must be great, whether the enemies of Nigeria like it or not.

Long live Nigeria!

Just like he flushed boko haram out of Sambisa? The order to shoot protesters must have come from Abuja.

hybrid77:
You see why i was against the Yorubas silence during the IPOB massacre.

Because, a time will come when we all need to stand together against injustice and wickedness in high places.

Im glad to see the Igbos and Yorubas united against a common enemy.

The south south is always with you

We move

#EndbadGovernance
#Endsars

Are SARS only present in Yorubaland? Why inject tribalism into this? If you want to stand up for what is right do it and if you don't that is ok too.

JokeAdeleke:
People should be gunned down. Is your brain missing?

He doesn't have any to start with.

Too late, at this point. Buhari doesn't give a damn.

Nwaobama1:
We all obviously know the blood sucking demons who masterminded the massacre at Lekki Tollgate last night.

Amb Hussaini Comamaise was the first to order that massacre but was turned down because the Military knew the negative effects on the image of the military.

AHMED Tinubu now mounted pressure on Babajide SanwoOlu who was told that I'd he disobeys, he is not guaranteed a second Term as Governor.

Tinubu ordered the removal of all CCTV cameras at the Lekki Tollgate and switched off all the lights, despite all the Heavy Solar panel that supplies electricity, they switched them off just to carry out this dastardly act.

Tinubu says he owns Lagos, we must tell them all that We all own Nigeria.

We must make Nigeria very uncomfortable for all of them and their families.

We have kept quiet enough, either way we are dying, by HUNGER or BULLET.

We must reclaim our Father Land. It doesn't belong to anyone. We all are Nigerians.

No more to godfatherism in Nigeria. No more to political thugs.

Tinubu and Mc Oluomo must vacate Lagos with his thugs(Agberos).


We are TIRED.

This is a lie. I hate the people who killed innocent protesters with a passion but we shouldn't lie to make our points. Otherwise, we become like the people we are trying to fight, we become part of the problem.

Sanwo Olu lied. The fact that some people shot at the protesters is enough crime on it own.

yarimo:
later some idiot will claimed innocent protesters

Whoever decided to start shooting at protesters should be blamed for this. We all knew it would lead to a dangerous escalation of violence.
I hope we can still claw our way back to sanity.

helinues:
You can say that again....

But could you pls go through my threads?

Wow! You could be one of the killers.

Pharmmaqp:
I have been awake all night at LUTH accident and emergency helping out with so many lifeless bodies.

I just got home now and what I'm reading here is very upsetting.

So are we saying till it gets to 100 we shouldn't call it a massacre.

I don't work at the hospital but I responded to a call by my pharmacy colleagues to help out.

Don't mind that terrorist.

NGpatriot:
Don't you first have to show us at least 1 dead protester?

I don't have to show you anything. Gaddafi terrorized his own people for more than 30 years until he was captured like a scared little rabbit. Nigerian leaders should continue on this path of domestic terrorism and see where it leads them.

iLUCID:
People are just trying hard to vilify the government, let’s be patient till we get the true position of things.

I guess the protesters shot themselves abi? Who were the shooters and who sent them?

NGpatriot:
Read my posts. I said there was no massacre and we are yet to see dead protesters so massacre did not trianspired.

How many people have to die before it qualifies as a massacre in your book?
Your dumb post is just to drive attention away from a very serious crime that has been committed against young Nigerians who were only asking for their rights.

NGpatriot:
Where are the dead people? Are you hiding them? Stop peddling fake and unsubstantiated news.

Are you trying to deny people were shot?