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#EndSARS: Apologise to Nigerians over comment on Lekki shootings, Rep tells Malami

by Alice Babalola

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi) on Tuesday, asked the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to apologize to Nigerians over his comment on the alleged killing of protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate during the #EndSars Protest.

The Rep, through a statement in Abuja, stated that the Minister must seek Nigerians forgiveness for saying that hoodlums dressed in military fatigues were responsible for the shooting of protesters at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State.

The Kogi lawmaker also ask the government to immediately reverse its “missteps” of freezing bank accounts of suspected sponsors of the #EndSars Protest, as well as seizing of international passports of Nigerian youths considered to have actively taken part in the nationwide protest against policy brutality.

He said while there are lessons to learnt from both the protesters and the government, the nation deserve a national apology from the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami’s over his statement that “hoodlum in military fatigues shot at protesters”

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