Young Nigerians have again taken to their social media accounts to demand answers to the perpetrators of the ugly incident at the Lekki Toll Gate five months after.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG recalls that protesters who were demanding an end to police brutality and good governance in the country had converged at the toll gate before being shot by armed security personnel on October 20, 2020.
Several are feared killed, while many others sustained gunshot wounds.
Following the incident, the National Economic Council (NEC) which Vice President Yemi Osinbajo chairs, had unanimously agreed to set up a judicial panel of inquiry to address the cases of victims of police brutality and compensate their families.
The panel was inaugurated by state governors across the country with members given a six-month period to function and forward its recommendations to the state governments.
However Nigerians seem not to be pleased that five months after the nation experienced what could be termed as a ‘Black Tuesday’, the authorities are yet to fish out the security operatives who shot at the innocent protesters.
In addition, they are demanding answers as to who ordered the shootings as well as the arraignment and prosecution of the military personnel.
TNG observed that as today, (Saturday, March, 2021) marks the five month remembrance of the incident, Nigerians in their thousands on social media (particularly Twitter) trended #LekkiMassacre demanding the fishing out and prosecution of those involved in the shooting of innocent protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate.
See some of the posts below:
We will never forget that the #EndSARS protest was a peaceful one, Never!
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R.I.P to our heroes. #LekkiMassacre pic.twitter.com/wpKWVUJkgz
— Peter Ogunsona (@pitharoy) March 20, 2021
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5months gone at #LekkiMassacre #EndSARS
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-No answers
-No arrests made,
-No justice servedRIP to our lost heros 🕯 pic.twitter.com/khxzWYhgq8
— The Male Nurse ™️ (@KelvinOssai) March 20, 2021
5months gone at #LekkiMassacre #EndSARS
-No answers
-No arrests made,
-No justice servedRIP to our lost heros 🕯 pic.twitter.com/khxzWYhgq8
— The Male Nurse ™️ (@KelvinOssai) March 20, 2021
150 days gone and yet the perpetrators of #LekkiMassacre has not been arrested. Who ordered the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on 20th October 2020?
We demand for justice. pic.twitter.com/9fOXKaRFci
— ADEBOLA (@BlackSam_) March 20, 2021
2O-10-2020
A Sad Day 😥😥#EndSARS
5 months Today #LekkiMassacre pic.twitter.com/ur3N6ycGDh— Wilfred Adahor (@adahorxyz) March 20, 2021
Who ordered the shooting of these peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on the 20.10.20?
We will continue to ask.
#LekkiMassacre pic.twitter.com/zwQgtaTuHR— ᴏᴍᴏᴋᴇʜɪɴᴅᴇ (@omokehinde___) March 20, 2021