Tinubu was reacting to Tuesday
night attack which saw security forces open fire on #EndSARS protesters at the
Lekki tollgate area of Lagos State.
The former Lagos State governor spoke on Wednesday morning in a
telephone interview with Channels Television.
He condemned the action allegedly
perpetrated by the Nigerian Army, saying, “Why will they use live bullets?
I will never, never be part of any carnage. I will never be part
of that.”
Tinubu also denied having any
investment in the Lekki Concession Company, the firm which manages the
tollgate.
Continuing, the APC chieftain said, “We are about 13 to 14 days
into the protests now. Before now, I was being accused and reported to the
Presidency that I was behind the protests, that I was a sponsor of the
protests.”
Tinubu said he refuted the allegations
and “appealed to the youths” and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to respond to the
demands of the protesters.
“That was why he (Sanwo-Olu) set
up the Judicial Commission of Inquiry. The governor has gone to the home of one
of the victims to appeal to them.
“He has put N200m
together as part of restitution and compensation for those attacked.”
Tragedy struck when
security operatives, in a bid to disperse #EndSARS protesters, reportedly
opened fire on the teeming youths at the Lekki tollgate around 7pm on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses claimed seven persons, mostly youths, died in the
attack while about 30 injured victims are currently receiving treatments at
different hospitals in the Lekki area.
#EndSARS protesters have been
demonstrating against police brutality and extrajudicial killings at the Lekki
tollgate for over a week.
Similar demonstrations have been
staged in different parts of the state and the country.
However, hoodlums had hijacked the
#EndSARS campaign in some cities, wreaked havoc on citizens and vandalised public
assets in Lagos, Benin, Abuja, Jos, Ekiti, Akure, Ibadan, amongst others.
At least three police stations and
three banks were torched by hoodlums in Lagos on Tuesday.
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