Commander of the 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Brigadier Ahmed Taiwo, has said that the Nigerian Army is unhappy that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, denied inviting them to come and restore calm at the Lekki Tollgate area of the state in the heat of the #EndSARS protests.
Brigadier Taiwo said this on Saturday while addressing members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the state government to investigate cases of police brutality.
“The Nigerian army was not happy about two things. The first is his (Governor Sanwo-Olu’s denial) that he asked us to intervene when in actual fact, it was the proper thing to do,” he said.
“He called the Chief of Army Staff and the GOC 81 division and asked for intervention because the police had been overrun”.
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He also said troops were deployed in every part of Lagos State and not just in Lekki, contrary to reports in the media.
He said, “I spoke with the governor and said the Army was unhappy that he said he did not ask for Army’s intervention. But I’m sure, after we’ve watched everything; we saw he had more than reasonable grounds to ask for the Army’s intervention.
The General who said the Governor may have denied inviting the Army because of events later turned out said the Army was also not happy that Sanwo-Olu said two persons died at Lekki toll-gate.
