Etim Ekpimah
The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, has said that the Nigerian Army was not happy that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, denied inviting the military to contain agitation by #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020.
Testifying before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Lekki incident on Saturday, Taiwo noted that inviting the military was the best decision the Lagos governor could have taken as the #EndSARS protest degenerated into anarchy.
According to him, army was disappointed that Sanwo-Olu said two persons died from the military engagement at the Lekki tollgate.
“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,” he said.