Highlights from the statement from the Army about its role in the #LekkiMassacre include:
1. The army says it is not interested in any coup
"We will not allow any force, elements, or destabilising agents in or outside our country to set our beloved country on fire."
1. The army says it is not interested in any coup
"We will not allow any force, elements, or destabilising agents in or outside our country to set our beloved country on fire."
https://twitter.com/PulseNigeria247/status/1321362143414001664
2. The army says there was a plot by sponsors of the #EndSARS protests to rope the institution into their grand plot
Colonel Sagir Musa Acting Director, Army Public Relations, says “the plan was to embark on massive propaganda to discredit the military and the government..."
Colonel Sagir Musa Acting Director, Army Public Relations, says “the plan was to embark on massive propaganda to discredit the military and the government..."
3. There was nothing like a massacre in Lekki, the army insists, and if there was one, the army wasn't involved in it
Major Osoba Olaniyi, who is the Acting Deputy Director, 81 Division of the Army Public Relations, says reports that soldiers killed peaceful protesters....
Major Osoba Olaniyi, who is the Acting Deputy Director, 81 Division of the Army Public Relations, says reports that soldiers killed peaceful protesters....
at the Lekki toll on the night of October 20, are a tissue of lies.
4. It was the Lagos State government that invited the army over to help
The army says it was minding its business of defending the nation’s territorial integrity and fighting Boko Haram when the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, sent an SOS their way.
The army says it was minding its business of defending the nation’s territorial integrity and fighting Boko Haram when the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, sent an SOS their way.
5. The army is aware that you have been reporting them to the international criminal court
Army Chief Buratai told his men that “that none of the PSOs, GOCs, Field Commanders & other officers and soldiers of the NA should be afraid of the ICC for carrying out their legitimate...
Army Chief Buratai told his men that “that none of the PSOs, GOCs, Field Commanders & other officers and soldiers of the NA should be afraid of the ICC for carrying out their legitimate...
duties as stated in the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and other extant laws, rules, and regulations of Nigeria,”
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