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The celebrity entertainer, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, professionally known as DJ Switch has told the Sub-Committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development how the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed peaceful protesters.
Obianuju Catherine Udeh a.k.a DJ Switch who captured the Lekki toll gate shooting in an Instalive session a few weeks ago, has narrated how their encounter with soldiers played out while appearing before the Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament.
DJ Switch, who captured the Lekki Tollgate shooting in an Instalive session few weeks ago, narrated that the military, after creating a three-line formation, opened fire.
She revealed that she counted not less than seven persons shot, adding that one of the soldiers threatened to shoot her.
She added that the Nigeria Army’s claim of firing blank bullets into the air are lies.
In her own word; “On October 20, 2020, we had spirited Nigerians there united with one goal against police brutality against bad governance.
“What started out as a protest against police brutality with the unit called SARS, unfortunately, degenerated into something I still find hard to reconcile within my heart.
“We got information that the government wants to see me and six other people and I remember saying to them that we have no leader and if the government wanted to speak with us, he should kindly come to the toll gate and address Nigerians because we have been out for eleven days.”
According to Sahara Reporters, DJ Switch said the first gunshot was heard from behind and the scene became chaotic as people were running in different directions so as not to be hit by a bullet until it was announced that protesters should lie on the floor. She further revealed that after the military was ordered to stop shooting by a senior military officer, the police were drafted to the toll gate and continued shooting at protesters, who were still at the protest ground.
She continued, “as we didn’t know where the gunshots were coming from and what they are about and then the lights went off.
“I remembered the military came in first, they stopped shooting at some point and I walked up to one of them and I asked why he was shooting at us and he said he had express order from above, and I was coming too close to him and if I come too close, it would be considered an attack on him.”
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