A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has condemned the killings of unarmed #EndSARS Protesters by the Nigerian Army at the popular Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday.
POLITICS NIGERIA had reported that security forces stormed Lekki and opened fire on the #EndSARS protesters in an attempt to stop agitations against police brutality, bad governance, and others.
In a statement via his social media pages on Tuesday night, the lawyer said the shootings and killings of protesters have left him heartbroken, describing the incident as shameful, barbaric, and unacceptable.
He urged the Buhari administration to stop the shooting protesters and dialogue with them immediately.
Adegboruwa also asked security forces to cease any further assault on the protesters, adding that the federal government must identify all those responsible for the killings and bring them to justice.
“It is unacceptable to open fire on armless and defenceless citizens. Reports of shooting by soldiers at Lekki Toll Gate is most barbaric and unacceptable. These protesters have been the most orderly, most organised and most peaceful so far.
“These are children holding nothing but the flags of their nation. What the security should have done was to go to the zones of violence and wanton destruction and stop the thugs and criminals, not these innocent children.
“Even though we identify with the government on the need to restore law and order, there are other means to do that without resorting to using live bullets on these future leaders.
“To think that the protest itself was against police brutality.
“I call on the protesters to comply with the curfew imposed in demonstration of their commitment to the rule of law and due process.
“I urge the security to cease further assault on the protesters. Government must identify all those responsible and bring them to justice.
“I’m heartbroken,” he wrote.
