Brigadier General Sani Usman, former Director Army Public Relations, has on Thursday claimed that Military personnel who shot protesters at Lekki toll gate used ‘blank ammunition.
He disclosed this in an interview with Arise News
Usman noted that the blank ammunition used to disperse protesters has little or no effect on its target.
Recall that the Army had earlier denied that its officers were present at the scene of shooting at the Lekki toll gate.
But on Wednesday, the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA) revealed that the Lagos State Government invited the military to intervene during the End SARS protests.
Speaking on Thursday Usman said, “If you look at the canisters, they were blank ammo and blank ammo don’t even kill. At a close range, maybe 100metres – maybe it will have some pigmentation on your skin.
“Remember the military are armed and by the nature of their training, they are trained to kill and I think the military in its wisdom instead of using live ammunition decided to use blank armour which is meant for training
“I think they should be commended for that otherwise there would have been serious collateral damage, but they were professionals enough to have done that.”
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