Nigeria: Lekki Shooting - Nigerian Army Changes Position Again, Says Troops Had 'Blank and Live Ammunition'

21 November 2020

"One officer was wounded, he was stoned on the lips. If we are attacked with stones, the only option is gunshots," an army general said.

Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, has told the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Lekki Tollgate incident that the army went to the tollgate "with both blank and live ammunition".

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