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Nigerian Army Makes U-Turn, Admits Live Bullets Were Taken To Lekki Tollgate

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The Nigerian army admitted that soldiers were given both live and blank bullets when they were deployed to protests at Lekki toll gate on October 20.

Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, commander of the 81 division of the Nigerian Army, dsiclosed this on Saturday, November 21, 2020 in his testimony to the Lagos Judicial panel of inquiry into the incident.

He said: “The soldiers they were both given both live and blank bullets. In this particular case, we saw that these protests had been infiltrated by some hoodlums.”
“You had peaceful protesters no doubt. But there were also hoodlums who sought to take advantage. That is why they were armed (with) blank bullets in addition to the live (bullets) they were carrying.”
This is the first time the Nigerian army has admitted having live rounds at the Lekki toll gate. The army statement also contradicts previous statements about the incident including from Taiwo himself who told the judicial panel previously that the soldiers were firing in the air and firing blank ammunition.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the army denied any involvement, describing reports of the incident as “fake news,” before backtracking and saying that soldiers were present but fired their weapons in the air and used blanks, not live rounds.

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