Lekki Killings: Natasha Akpoti Slams Sanwo-Olu, Calls Him A Liar |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

Natasha Akpoti, a Governorship Candidate during the 2019 Kogi State Governorship Election has labelled Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State a blatant liar.

Akpoti said Governor Sanwo-Olu has come up with different kinds of stories to exonerate himself and Government from the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020.

But the Nigeria Army revealed that Sanwo-Olu invited them to restore law and order after he declared a 24-hour curfew following the #EndSARS protest by Youths.

In an interview with Channels Television, Akpoti stated that it is “very clear there were thugs who were sponsored to disrupt the peaceful #EndSARS protest”.

She, also, averred that there are several videos including DJ Switch’s Instalive video which countered the Governor’s several stories of not having a hand in the Lekki toll gate shooting.

Stressing the need for justice, she stated that there’s need to know who gave the orders following the Nigerian army’s disclosure of being invited by the Lagos state government to restore law and order.

Also recounting her personal experience in the hands of SARS officers during her governorship and senatorial campaign, Akpoti pointed out that safeguarding lives and properties is the fourth duty of a Police officer as stipulated in the police act.

She added that that was why most Nigerian policemen are aggressive, and that “there is urgent need for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to reform the Police and put an end to the anomalies and excesses of the Police.”