BREAKING: No Life Was Lost At Lekki Tollgate – Lai Mohammed Faults Lagos Panel Report

November 23, 2021
Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, insisted that there was no “massacre” at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020.

Mohammed, who also described the leaked report of the Lagos State panel as fake, stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

The nine-member panel had in its leaked report alleged that at least nine persons were killed at the Lekki toll plaza when soldiers and policemen stormed the scene to disperse protesters on October 20, 2020.

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However, Mohammed described the allegations as “tales by moonlight”.

Details later ….

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