November 14th, 2020

#ENDSARS: we’re not happy Sanwo-Olu denied inviting us, Army tells panel

The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, on Saturday, said the Nigerian Army was not pleased that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, denied the invitation of the army's intervention on October 20, 2020, during the #ENDSARS protest at Lekki Toll Gate
The Army commander during his testimony before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the Lekki incident said inviting the army was the best decision the Lagos governor could have taken as the #EndSARS protesters plunged the state into anarchy but added that the millitary was also unhappy that Sanwo-Olu said two people died from the military engagement at the Lekki tollgate.

Brig. Gen. Ahmed said, “I spoke with the governor and said the Army was unhappy that he said he did not ask for Army’s intervention but I am sure that after you watched everything (video footages), you saw he had more than enough grounds to ask for Army’s intervention; perhaps it was the way everything went.”