The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, hailed the police and the Nigerian Army for the role they played in the #EndSARS protests last year, even as he maintained that the incident at the Lekki toll plaza last year was a “phantom massacre with no bodies”.
Mohammed said this during a press conference in Abuja while protesters gathered at several major cities in the country to demonstrate in commemoration of the #EndSARS protests.
The minister also lambasted CNN, DJ Switch and global rights group, Amnesty International, for insisting that persons were killed at the tollgate.
Mohammed noted that the National Economic Council which comprises all governors and representatives of the Federal Government, and chaired by the Vice President, has already addressed other issues relating to the #EndSARS protest.
