Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has maintained that no one died at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos during the 2020 EndSARS protest.
Speaking on Wednesday during an interview, Mohammed insisted that claims of a massacre at the toll gate were “fake news.”
Politics Nigeria recalls that on the night of 20 October 2020, at about 6:50 p.m., members of the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
It was reported that at least 12 protesters were killed during the shooting. Five years later, the government still insists that no one was killed.
Reaffirming his stance, Mohammed said five years have passed, and no one has reported that a relative went to the Lekki toll gate and never returned.
He said, “People died in many places during EndSARS, but saying there was a massacre at the toll gate is fake news. I still stand by my position. Nobody died during EndSARS, no.
“People died in Abuja and Kano. CNN was not at the toll gate; they relied on secondhand and thirdhand information.
“My argument was simple, if a man owns a goat and it doesn’t return home at night, he will look for it.
“Five years later, nobody has come forward to say their son or ward went to the toll gate and didn’t come back. The narrative of a massacre at the toll gate is fake news.”
