Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has spoken on the circumstances that surrounded the crisis that occurred at the Lekki Toll Gate during the October 2020 #ENDSARS protest.
There are allegations that soldiers shot some people in the heat of the event, with further controversies on who ordered the alleged military action.
But speaking on the matter on Wednesday, Sanwo-Olu retreated that he never ordered the military to the scene, let alone asking them to shoot anyone.
According to him, Nigerians and the world at large should know that, as a governor, he does not have such power.
In an interview on ‘Arise TV’, the governor urged young Lagosians and others to dispassionately reflect on the development.
He said, “It was not a flash event. It built up for three weeks. I do not have control. I do not control the military or the police.
“On the question of who ordered the [Lekki shooting], who ordered the police not to listen to me when I went to Magodo the other day? Who ordered the military out for our election last Saturday? It is not in my remit or space.
“All of the people — and I am saying this for the first time on national TV — that claimed that they were either injured or affected in one form or the other, I, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have reached out to them and supported, given them jobs and empowerment and things for them to start right.
“And that is why you do not see anybody come out during this campaign period to say ‘I was an #EndSars victim and I lost something,’ because I have taken it up and I feel that is something for me as a father and a leader to do for them, and clear this air around it.”
