I'm one of the biggest critics of the Nigerian government and Nigeria as a whole but all evidence points to the fact that there was no Massacre in Lekki. When I first watched the video it looked to like the soldiers were firing warning shots in the air certainly not aimed at the crowd.

Nigerian soldiers are issued a standard M762 automatic rifle if that was let loose on a crowd that big their will be scores of dead bodies and it would take the soldiers quite some time to hide the evidence like some claim. Aside form the dead, there will also be lots of injured suffering various degree of gunshot wounds. Where are they? Where are people that suffered gunshot injuries from this massacre? Did the soldiers also kidnap them?

No doubt there were several injured and possibly killed but it was most likely was a result of the chaos caused by the firing of warning shots. I'm mean you can say the soldiers were indirectly responsible for those deaths, suit yourself.

Like you have not heard if allegation of protesters corpses being carried away into waiting trucks

Gradually they are coming out with more strategies to deny lekki massacre

Did you watch the video? Have you seen the videos? If you haven't seen.the videos there is nothing I can say to you.

Nigeriabiafra80:
Gradually they are coming out with more strategies to deny lekki massacre

Nobody is coming up with any strategy? These ones are fools who type without thinking. Nobody even knows these fools, how much more paying them...

All I know is that the lekki incidence is a mystery that needs to be cracked. I sense that the Federal Government is aware and that why the President omitted the issue in his speech.

Ravern:
Like you have not heard if allegation of protesters corpses being carried away into waiting trucks

Where are the many missing people's family and friends? Those reported as missing have come out to debunk it. Even that guy Oke that social media claimed was killed by a stray shot has been debunked by his brother, who clarified that it was looters who stabbed him. A revolution can't be built on lies.

Pls have we seen people who come out to claim missing relative or those killed by the army and whose body were taken away didn't have any relatives, No friends No Family pls just asking

Babaflenjor:
Pls have we seen people who come out to claim missing relative or those killed by the army and whose body were taken away didn't have any relatives, No friends No Family pls just asking

So I guess nobody died.

Fulmigati:

Where are the many missing people's family and friends? Those reported as missing have come out to debunk it. Even that guy Oke that social media claimed was killed by a stray shot has been debunked by his brother, who clarified that it was looters who stabbed him. A revolution can't be built on lies.

government agents just trying to cover up.

the Nigerian military has a long record of killing civilians then tag them terrorist

I don't like thugs and hoodlums too














you guys losing your international reputation... when the world change still wonder who will trust the government to sell weapons.

Ravern:
Like you have not heard if allegation of protesters corpses being carried away into waiting trucks

So, who counted the 78?


And don't these people have names?

Fulmigati:
I'm one of the biggest critics of the Nigerian government and Nigeria as a whole but all evidence points to the fact that there was no Massacre in Lekki. When I first watched the video it looked to like the soldiers were firing warning shots in the air certainly not aimed at the crowd.

Nigerian soldiers are issued a standard M762 automatic rifle if that was let loose on a crowd that big their will be scores of dead bodies and it would take the soldiers quite some time to hide the evidence like some claim. Aside form the dead, there will also be lots of injured suffering various degree of gunshot wounds. Where are they? Where are people that suffered gunshot injuries from this massacre? Did the soldiers also kidnap them?

No doubt there were several injured and possibly killed but it was most likely was a result of the chaos caused by the firing of warning shots. I'm mean you can say the soldiers were indirectly responsible for those deaths, suit yourself.

1. Which sensible country use live ammunition to disperse protesters?
2. It is the job of millitary to disperse unarmed protesters.
3. To what end is deploying soldiers to people who are expressing their concerns about bad system.
4. Has the right to freedom of protest as enshrined in section 40 of the 1999 constitution been expunged? It is right for government to disobey the constitution by tramping on the right of he people.
5 did government protect the protesters throughout the protests? And why are people employing thugs to attack protesters?
6. The DHQ said the videos were doctors, can you doctor a live footage?
7. Why did the military denied sending soldiers to scene if not that they are covering up murder?
8. Have you seen the video of NIgeria soldier shooting a man at the scene?
9. How much were you paid to be posting this rubbish?

....But the soldiers were shooting, that alone is a NO,NO
what about the palliative? is it Ghost that kept it there? when other countries are taking groceries to the door steps of their citizens Nigeria are hiding food for theirs waiting to share it during next election.

una MUMU never do? really?

MY PEOPLE WAKE FROM YOUR SLUMBER

THIS IS NO LONGER A JOKE
NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR UNBORN CHILDREN

Why will you keep food away from people when they needed it most
you want them to keep coming begging you for their daily bread

aah, We have no leaders in Nigeria
WE HAVE NOBODY
IT IS A MIRAGE
A PLAYGROUND OF LOOTERS, KILLERS, WICKED PEOPLE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER

Fulmigati:
I'm one of the biggest critics of the Nigerian government and Nigeria as a whole but all evidence points to the fact that there was no Massacre in Lekki. When I first watched the video it looked to like the soldiers were firing warning shots in the air certainly not aimed at the crowd.

Nigerian soldiers are issued a standard M762 automatic rifle if that was let loose on a crowd that big their will be scores of dead bodies and it would take the soldiers quite some time to hide the evidence like some claim. Aside form the dead, there will also be lots of injured suffering various degree of gunshot wounds. Where are they? Where are people that suffered gunshot injuries from this massacre? Did the soldiers also kidnap them?

No doubt there were several injured and possibly killed but it was most likely was a result of the chaos caused by the firing of warning shots. I'm mean you can say the soldiers were indirectly responsible for those deaths, suit yourself.

come and say this to my face in ogun state.. abeokuta south.. I and my guys will give you jungle justice idiot

Psalmy2cute:

come and say this to my face in ogun state.. abeokuta south.. I and my guys will give you jungle justice idiot

Location: Delta?

ibedun:


Location: Delta?

I'm currently in ogun state

Continue explaining logic to this people until they hear word.

Fulmigati:
I'm one of the biggest critics of the Nigerian government and Nigeria as a whole but all evidence points to the fact that there was no Massacre in Lekki. When I first watched the video it looked to like the soldiers were firing warning shots in the air certainly not aimed at the crowd.

Nigerian soldiers are issued a standard M762 automatic rifle if that was let loose on a crowd that big their will be scores of dead bodies and it would take the soldiers quite some time to hide the evidence like some claim. Aside form the dead, there will also be lots of injured suffering various degree of gunshot wounds. Where are they? Where are people that suffered gunshot injuries from this massacre? Did the soldiers also kidnap them?

No doubt there were several injured and possibly killed but it was most likely was a result of the chaos caused by the firing of warning shots. I'm mean you can say the soldiers were indirectly responsible for those deaths, suit yourself.

Looting and destruction of lives and properties are photosopped

ehinmowo:


1. Which sensible country use live ammunition to disperse protesters?
2. It is the job of millitary to disperse unarmed protesters.
3. To what end is deploying soldiers to people who are expressing their concerns about bad system.
4. Has the right to freedom of protest as enshrined in section 40 of the 1999 constitution been expunged? It is right for government to disobey the constitution by tramping on the right of he people.
5 did government protect the protesters throughout the protests? And why are people employing thugs to attack protesters?
6. The DHQ said the videos were doctors, can you doctor a live footage?
7. Why did the military denied sending soldiers to scene if not that they are covering up murder?
8. Have you seen the video of NIgeria soldier shooting a man at the scene?
9. How much were you paid to be posting this rubbish?

What they do know is online propaganda cannot stop most uneducated people to discredit lekki massacre

pineed:
We need to kill fake news & apprehend their sponspors before it kills us all

If we can identify the shooters , fake news would stop if there is any

The Lekki incident definitely isn't fake. Channels Tv did a report in it the next day and the Night just after the incident.

Bullets and Bullet holes were seen around there.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tPOpHkRNFI

This is the immediate aftermath of the shooting



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVHkdiZCEAQ

People running away during the shooting



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq5NUaz-4-I

Soldiers. You can see that the angle they hold the guns at, it is aimed directly at the protesters



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltrAhpjpfA

Brigadier General Francis Omata who was accused of leading the killings has indirectly conformed it as he claims he was there trying to stop the killings. (This story has been confirmed but is only one of the many arguments that proves what happened)

https://www.withinnigeria.com/2020/10/21/brigadier-francis-omata-clears-the-air-on-lekkimassacre-names-officer-who-led-the-operation/

Lagos governour himself said he visited the survivours in the hospital.

https://www.punchng.com/lekki-shootings-sanwo-olu-visits-wounded-protesters-at-lagos-hospitals/

Let us not forget that this isn't out of Character for the Nigerian Military. 72 Shi'ites Protesters at most armed with stones, killed in Abuja, 300 Shi'ite protesters killed in Kaduna, the entire young male population of several villages killed in Borno under the name of fighting Boko Haram, Boko Haram itself started when the army killed them while they were still peaceful protesters, several Ogoni protesters were gunned down during Obasanjor's reign.

Gunning down peaceful protesters is in Character for Nigerian Government.

Only thing that isn't clear now is if the same happened in Kubwa or if the similutaneous deaths on the 20th in Abuja are only from the attacks by government sponsored hoodlums as seed here.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZC0bxF-sxw

I have also seen videos of people being rushed to ambulances and rudimentary surgery done one them. There are also pictures of 3 protester in their full protester attire dead.

The governour has actually confirmed 2 dead, but I assure you that the government number will continue going up as it has gone from 0 to 1 to 2.

This was breaking news. Channels Tv got there that Night not long after and the many people they Interview and the many people, protesters and onlookers that posted videos on this incident didn't report any other actors except for the protesters and army.

And tell me why you are assuming someone else was there exactly? Non of the protesters said anyone was there, official army discourse said the massacre never happened not that someone else did it, Brigadier Francis Omata that was confirmed present also only reported that there were protesters and army present, so did Channels Tv who came to the spot twice on the Night it happened and on the next day, same with all the videos that we have. Yet we should assume some invisible 3rd party?.

Did you not see the other videos? Here we see them shooting into the protesting crowd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltrAhpjpfA

And for those saying "Curfew was by 9 so no way Military would be there before 9" the Nigerian Military is known to systematically break protocol.

Killing of Gana a few months ago was while he was supposed to be under Amnesty provided by the governour of Benue.

So, so many break of protocol and extra-judicial killings in Borno over the whole Boko Haram thing.

It is very common for the military to break protocol, after all, under the current system they don't have to report to anyone in the civilian government but the president when under going their operations, same with Police. Everything is tied to the center.

Again we have the bodies for the people, that is from where Amnesty International and Nigeria Feminists got their casualty numbers from. Unfortunately I couldn't find the full video but 1:56 on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex8nBa-JaRk we see that the injured and dead were vacated that same Night from the scene after and during the protests.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CGre80EDMjT/?igshid=c9sb5o6350bm

DW here again confirms the removal of the CCTV cameras as well as the shooting by the Nigerian Army. Exactly as the protests, channels and feminist coalition said.

Okay, reported number of dead has stabilized at 12

Feminism Coalition Nigeria seems to agree, with the about 50 for the confirmed deaths nation wide through out the protests.

Premium times reported 12

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/422003-sanwo-olu-blames-shooting-of-lekki-protesters-on-forces-beyond-his-control.html

Amnesty international reported 12, which was quoted by international news outlets like Aljerzerra and refinery29. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/20/nigerian-security-forces-use-live-fire-to-disperse-protesters

Channelstv also did a report but I couldn't find where they gave figures. And there reporters were there the same Night and the next day.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tPOpHkRNFI



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KvgFKRrklE

https://www.channelstv.com/2020/10/20/several-dead-others-injured-as-security-operatives-shoot-at-lekki-endsars-protesters-witnesses/amp/

And for those saying that Amnesty international isn't a credible source, who then is the credible source?. You Nigerian government that says dragon and monkey eat loan is more credible?.

And as for Amnesty International, go through the Wikipedia page of controversies relating to them and you see.

Them being accused of contradictory vices like of being both pro and anti western, lol. When you are being accused about being biased by both Western and non-western states in cases where they have a vested interest in you being wrong, they are probably just sore of getting exposed. Only really incriminating thing here is the embezzling charge and I have seen much worse from many other actors, Nigerian Government included.


I am just impressed by how much you trust the Nigerian government, the same government that lies constantly, about defeating Boko Haram (but still budgets for weapons to be used against them), about corruption (Kano governour caught on camera collecting bribe), contradictory (Army says nothing happened government says something else). Anyway you slice it Amnesty international is more credible than the Nigerian Government.

It ain't only Amnesty international, Nigerian Feminists coalition, Premium times and DW too has brought out numbers.

The only possible defence left is that the people that commited the crime were not soldiers but just dressed in soliders uniform and used soldier gear. Well given how the Nigerian Army has extra-judicially made camouflage illegal and soldier equipment (Guns, Military grade bullet proof) are heavily restricted, the only people that could be in the position to kit about 20 men in uniform and Weapons are high ranking Government officials, whether Civilian or Military.

Ravern:
Like you have not heard if allegation of protesters corpses being carried away into waiting trucks

Which means people left their homes and never made it back home.

We've neither seen relatives or neighbors come out to report missing persons.

Were the tens of dead people living in total isolation? Did they fall from the sky and have no relatives or neighbors?

How exactly can one explain such anomaly?

omenka:
Which means people left their homes and never made it back home.

We've neither seen relatives or neighbors come out to report missing persons.

Were the tens of dead people living in total isolation? Did they fall from the sky and have no relatives or neighbors?

How exactly can one explain such anomaly?

Are you an idiot. Who is taking reports of missing person with Lagos in a state of Anarchy?

Ravern:
Like you have not heard if allegation of protesters corpses being carried away into waiting trucks

Video of soldiers carrying away the corpses or we don't believe it.

why did the army denied they didn't come to the scene if gun shot was not fired and also, if no body died... make una dey think before una dey talk atimes

Pecuman:


Are you an idiot. Who is taking reports of missing person with Lagos in a state of Anarchy?

I wasnt raised in the gutter. I won't let you drag me down there. I'm better than that.

Bye.

Over exaggerated with lies and fake news to make the government look bad. The foreigners too have seen it was a scam. The army did bad shooting in the air to disperse the stubborn protesters but it wasnt a massacre. Celebs, social media influencers should be ashamed. Ps i hate buharis and his government.

Fulmigati:
I'm one of the biggest critics of the Nigerian government and Nigeria as a whole but all evidence points to the fact that there was no Massacre in Lekki. When I first watched the video it looked to like the soldiers were firing warning shots in the air certainly not aimed at the crowd.

Nigerian soldiers are issued a standard M762 automatic rifle if that was let loose on a crowd that big their will be scores of dead bodies and it would take the soldiers quite some time to hide the evidence like some claim. Aside form the dead, there will also be lots of injured suffering various degree of gunshot wounds. Where are they? Where are people that suffered gunshot injuries from this massacre? Did the soldiers also kidnap them?

No doubt there were several injured and possibly killed but it was most likely was a result of the chaos caused by the firing of warning shots. I'm mean you can say the soldiers were indirectly responsible for those deaths, suit yourself.

If i may ask you. In that video you watched and saw soldiers shooting into the air, who was the camera man? Is it not what the camera man releases that you watch? Did you not watch the videos posted by protesters? Do you expect a protester to stay behind the soldiers to capture them while they were shooting? Would the soldiers even allow a protester stay at their back to picture them? There was a video of a girl and probably the male friend who were captured dancing on that day and a picture of their dead bodies in same clothes. Probably you do not have enough data to see a lot of these videos circulating online or it could be that you only use nairaland as your source of news. Try to make use of twitter. Use twitter and Instagram hashtags to see news related to your preferred subject. Most news on nairaland are from another source and thee news on nairaland are mostly stale. Again, the hashtags on nairaland does not work, which is why i smile when i see people use hashtags here. Please, stop making any argument that is not necessary. There are still times for more updates as some pretesters were said to be missing.

'LekkiMassacre' the first massacre in history without dead bodies at the site of the massacre.

Op is a paid Agent

10minutes:


government agents just trying to cover up.

the Nigerian military has a long record of killing civilians then tag them terrorist

I don't like thugs and hoodlums too














you guys losing your international reputation... when the world change still wonder who will trust the government to sell weapons.

everyone can't b a government agent,read through d lines n see the truth.
I am beginning to have a rethink about d Lekki massacre.

Have any family came out to claim their dead relative's?
are u telling us out of d 78 alleged killed, soldiers will go with all the 78 body?
dat DJ switch should b picked up for interrogation.
if only u knew it was that lie that led to destruction of people's properties