Tinubu denies involvement in Lekki shootings

All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, has said he had no hand in the killing of protesters at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos, on Tuesday.

He was reacting to Tuesday night attack which saw security forces open fire on #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate area of Lagos State.

Tinubu, who insisted he was not part of the carnage, wondered why the soldiers had to use bullets.

The former Lagos State governor spoke on Wednesday in a telephone interview with Channels Television monitored by a Punch reporter.

Tinubu 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.”

He also denied having any investment in the Lekki Concession Company, the firm which manages the tollgate.

“I have no dime, no kobo investment in the tollgate,” he said.

The APC chieftain also 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.”

Few hours after the interview, a television station, TVC, which the APC national leader is believed to own, was razed down by hoodlumns. This forced the station to go off the air.