CAPPA demands inquiry on Lekki shootings

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Army operatives shooting at unarmed #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos.

Army operatives shooting at unarmed #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos.

Daniel Ekugo

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called for an international inquiry into the killing and maiming of peaceful #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, on Tuesday.

CAPPA, in reaction to the Lekki toll gate shootings and similar incidents across the country that led to yet to be ascertained number of deaths, said the situation was deplorable and requires urgent intervention.

In a statement issued in Lagos CAPPA said: “The disturbing images of military men mowing down peaceful and harmless #EndSARS protesters is totally uncivil and unacceptable.

“Perpetrators of this premeditated murder must be identified and brought to book.”

In the statement by Philip Jakpor, Director of Programmes, CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, said: “We are still in shock and deeply saddened that the Nigerian government decided to draft trigger-happy soldiers to forcefully suppress youths waving Nigerian flags and demanding reforms that would be beneficial to all Nigerians, including the soldiers themselves.”

Oluwafemi pointed out that with ample evidence from the live feed from the scene of the mayhem, Nigerians have every reason to doubt government sincerity in addressing the situation

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