Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo

Nigeria’s army has finally admitted that its troop did fire shots into the air to disperse a large crowd at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos where several peaceful protesters were killed late in October. This is coming after many weeks of several levels of denial by the army, FG and Lagos state government. The October 20 incident at the plaza has drawn both local and international outrage and also culminated into the destruction of properties and loss of life by both protesters and security officers. Government has blamed the aftermath on hoodlums.

According to Amnesty International, at least 10 …