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General News of Thursday, 16 March 2023

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‘Snap out’ of Lekki Tollgate massacre - Sanwo-Olu to EndSARS sympathisers

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and EndSARS-protesters Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and EndSARS-protesters

Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has asked the sympathisers of EndSARS to “snap out” of the Lekki tollgate massacre.

Speaking in an interview with Naija Info, Sanwo-Olu urged the residents to learn from the incident and become more resilient.

“When you say who gave the shooting and all of that, we need to be able to snap out of it, and let’s build back better, and understand that the lessons and the learning of that incident have made us better, more resilient citizens,” Sanwo-Olu said.

He denied being responsible for the military engagement on October 20 at the tollgate.

“At the end of the day, what happened on October 20? It happened, right? I did not create events or the military engagement there,” Mr Sanwo-Olu said.

“So, the question around, which I find very strange, is when people that are meant to become governor of Lagos state are using words that are dividing us, as against things that should be uniting us.”

According to to the governor, he has compensated all the victims involved in the Lekki tollgate state-sanctioned violence.

“I have mentioned that everybody that has come out, in any form, to say that they have been injured. I have paid them. Compensations have been given to all of the injured people that have come out,” Sanwo-Olu said.