The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo has told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate, that soldiers were not happy, that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu denied inviting them to restore peace and order at Lekki Toll Gate.
He however, said that the Governor was right to have invited them since the police and other paramilitary services had been overrun.
Giving details of efforts by the army to quell the protest and lootings that erupted in Lagos, Gen Ahmed said that from his assessment of the incident across parts of the city, most businesses that were looted belonged to Igbo businessmen and women.
Gen Ahmed also stated the army would have been able to recover most looted items especially at the lekki axis, had the Lagos State gyovernment not lifted the curfew imposed on the State.
Insisting that the looting was a well-coordinated plan, Gen Ahmed noted that on two occasions when the State Government lifted the curfew, Army authorities were not carried along.
Olaoluwa Adekunle
