EndSARS: Hamzat admits public trust broken over Lekki Toll Gate incident

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship campaigner successful the 2027 Lagos State election, Obafemi Hamzat, has acknowledged that nationalist assurance successful the authorities was damaged by the October 20, 2020 incidental astatine the Lekki Toll Gate during the #EndSARS protests, describing the time arsenic a achy infinitesimal successful the state's history.

Hamzat made the remarks during a Lagos governorship statement connected TVC News.

He was responding to a question astir his idiosyncratic cognition of the information decisions that led to the deployment of soldiers to the Lekki Toll Gate connected October 20, 2020, portion helium was serving arsenic lawman governor.

Describing the incidental arsenic a tragic occurrence for Lagos, Hamzat said, “October, it was a bittersweet time successful Lagos. Very sad.”

The APC campaigner declined to categorically contradict being contiguous erstwhile the decisions surrounding the subject deployment were made.

“And I volition not basal present and accidental I wasn’t successful the room,” helium said.

He subsequently referred to the judicial committee of enquiry established by the Lagos State Government to analyse the incident, noting that the sheet was independently funded and included members helium described arsenic captious of the government.

“Remember, Lagos State acceptable up a judicial commission, funded, independent, putting radical that are really against authorities successful determination to find the truth. And they did their report,” Hamzat said.

He explained that the committee submitted a study that was made disposable to t...