Nigerian rapper, songwriter, and actor Folarin Falana, better known by his stage name Falz, has reacted to the indictment of the Nigerian Army and Police for the Lekki Massacre, which occurred on October 20, 2021.
The Lagos judicial commission on police brutality delivered its report to the state government on Monday to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Government House in Ikeja.
The panel presented two reports: a consolidated report on police brutality cases and an examination into the Lekki incident.
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The panel, in its report, found “From the evidence of General A.I.Taiwo (Commander, 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Nigerian Army, Victoria Island, Lagos) on pages 6, 7, 21, 22, the Panel finds that the Nigerian Army fired both blank and live bullets at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, for the following reasons:
Apart from the military men in uniform, the Army left its base with vehicles, rifles, and guns, containing live and blank bullets. General Taiwo admitted on page 22 that the Army went to the Lekki Toll Gate with live ammunition.
As of October 30, 2020, when the Panel visited the Lekki Toll Gate for its on-the-spot assessment, it recovered two bullets shells duly analyzed by the forensic expert hired by the Panel, Sentinel, who is very familiar with weapons used by the Nigerian Army.
These bullet shells were said to be the same as or similar to those usually used by the Nigerian Army, and they have expended shells, meaning they were fired live at the Lekki Toll Gate.
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In response, Falz blasted the Nigerian government in an Instagram story, labeling them as “animals” who made the youth question their sanity over the Lekki Massacre.
Falz went on to say that the Lagos #EndSars had finished compiling their report, and that everything is now more open.
He wrote: “These animals legit made us doubt our sanity about the Lekki Massacre you know. Panel don compile their report an. We gather dey!”
