Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), says the families of #EndSARS protesters killed by soldiers at the Lekki toll gate are afraid to speak out because they “understand the environment under which we operate”
Falana urged Nigerians and the international community not to believe the explanations offered by the Nigerian Army on the Lekki shootings. The Nigerian Army, after an initial denial, admitted that its operatives were at the Lekki toll gate on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
The military authorities also claimed they were invited by the Lagos State Government, noting that they acted within the rules of engagement.The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, however, said the army has “a history of lies, fraud and deception” while making reference to the Shiites incident of December 2015.
Falana said, “Nobody should believe the military because it has a history of lies, fraud and deception. And people will ask you, if anybody lost his child in Lekki, why have they not come up? Who has come up in the case of Zaria? Because you must understand the environment under which we operate.
By the way, some of those injured in Lekki had to forcefully discharge themselves because they were told in the hospital that they were going to be held liable for the riot in town. And so, everybody had to move.“But as of today, the governor of Lagos State has admitted that two people lost their lives. The circumstances would have to be explained later but those two were among those shot by the soldiers.”
Falana also stressed that the military has no business to enforce curfew under the Nigerian laws.
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