Political power multiplies the adjustment movements and press releases after a chaotic week across the country – marked on Tuesday, October 20, by the intervention of the army towards a peaceful meeting in Lagos, then by a wave of looting and demolition in many states. In a statement released on Sunday night, President Muhammadu Buhari called “a call for peace” and lamented the loss of life in Nigeria. But always avoid provoking frontal intervention from the army in Lagos last week.
as reported from Lagos, Liza Fabbian
According to his communicators, President Muhammadu Buhari chose not to “enter into a debate” until “all the facts have been established” about the army’s intervention against the protesters gathered on the Lekki toll.
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The Nigerian army continues to completely deny its involvement in this killing and goes so far as to say that the images filmed by the protesters on the spot were fake.
This Sunday, the governor of the Lagos tragedy visited the scene accompanied by the President of the National Assembly and the governors of southwestern Nigeria who came to see the damage caused by looting and vandalism in megalopolis.
The day before, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had received his predecessor, Bola Tinubu – face to face this time. The former governor of Lagos State and current leader of the APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, is without a doubt one of the richest and most powerful men in the country. Bola Tinubu is also suspected of having played a role in the military intervention last week.
“These accusations constitute a total and terrible lie,” responded the latter, who had been completely silent since the beginning of the protest movement.
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