Lekki tollgate: Lai Mohammed lied over massacre, Lagos govt paid N100m to survivors – Dele Farotimi

Activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has accused erstwhile Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed of lying successful his relationship of the incidental astatine Lekki tollgate.

Mohammed precocious claimed that cipher was killed astatine the Lekki tollgate successful the twelvemonth 2020.

However, successful an interrogation connected the State Affairs podcast with Edmund Obilo, the activistic lawyer insisted that Mohammed lied astir his relationship of the lawsuit that happened successful Lekki tollgate.

According to Mohammed: “Yes determination was massacre astatine Lekki tollgate but I was not portion of the enactment of the EndSARS but I became progressive aft the massacre.

“I beryllium to a governmental corporate successful the NBA known arsenic the Radical Agenda Movement successful the Nigerian Bar Association.

“When the sheet was acceptable up, our precocious Chairman and america took a determination to boycott that sheet and immoderate of our cadres had placard successful beforehand of the sheet demanding that the sheet should not sit.”

He accused the Lagos State authorities of paying N100 cardinal to injured survivors and relatives of the dead.

Farotimi added: “It was portion they were determination that immoderate of the survivors approached him and that was however our collectives became progressive successful EndSARS.

“Because of that involvement, I was the 1 who personally supply harmless houses, paid doctors bills, successful immoderate cases paid ceremonial expenses, and I’m saying this that the Lagos State authorities paid N100 cardinal successful currency of...