Friends prevented soldiers from going away with my son’s body in Lekki – Grieving mother

The mother of one Anthony, who was among the #EndSARS protesters allegedly shot dead by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, is in grief over the 

circumstances surrounding her son’s death.

 

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Soldiers had on Tuesday opened fire on the protesters and no fewer than six persons were alleged to have been killed in the process.

 

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who had initially declared that no death was recorded, later confirmed three casualties as against the huge figures quoted by eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident.

 

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Footage of Anthony’s mother, which was reposted on Instagram by  showed her chronicling the circumstances surrounding her son’s death at the Lekki tollgate.

She said, “It has not been easy, I never knew that Anthony has so much friends like this. First of all, I want to thank his friends, who picked him up when he was shot; if it wasn’t for his friends, maybe the soldiers who picked up other corpses, would have picked him up and say nobody died.

 

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“Those children saw when Anthony was running with gunshot wounds; they stayed with him; some of them fell under vehicles; a lot of things went on.”

 

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When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said, “I can’t react to the Lekki tollgate issue because there is a panel on that. The panel is in the best position to react to any issue that concerns the Lekki tollgate incident.”