The Nigerian Army has denied utilizing live ammo on unarmed #EndSARS protesters during the shooting...
which happened at Lekki Tollgate on October 20.
Brig.- Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, who affirmed in the interest of the Nigerian Army before the Lagos legal board on Saturday November 14, focused on that fighters shot dud ammo into the air to scatter nonconformists the evening of the supposed shooting.
Taiwo expressed that there would have been a great deal of fatalities if the 600m live ammo regularly utilized by the military were utilized to scatter the #EndSARS nonconformists.
He said;
"I have been in the army since 1986 and you cannot be under fire and be singing.
“The entry hole for the 600m is thin while the exit is wide, if it hits you in the chest or the bowels, the intestines come down.
“I am an expert in ammunition having spent so long in the army. Blank ammunition is slower and can do no damage to the flesh and you have nothing to fear except you take a rifle, put it against your eye and fire.
“Even if you put it against your skin and fire you will only have burn marks"
Following his disclosure, Taiwo through the direction of the Nigerian Army, Mr Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), introduced four spent clear ammo to the board as proof.
He additionally told the board that there was a pass in correspondence between the Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Army with respect to the forcing and lifting of the time limitation.
Taiwo added;
"Due to the urgency of the security situation in the state, the governor declared a 24-hour curfew which was supposed to start at 4pm.
“They wanted everyone off the streets to deal with the hoodlums, but after some observations the timing was shifted to 21:00 hours, but this timing was not communicated to the Nigerian Army.
“Be that as it may, we the Nigerian Army had already immediately deployed the 65 Battalion under the 81 Division Garrison to forestal all further violence and loss of lives.
“It is important to note that this deployment of troops contrary to reports, was done throughout Lagos to activate Phase 4 of the Internal Security Operations."
