2020 Lekki shooting
| 2020 Lekki Massacre (shooting) | |
|---|---|
| Part of End SARS | |
The Lekki toll gate, protesters were concentrated on the road in front of the gate pictured | |
| Location | Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Coordinates | 06°26′10″N 03°26′51″E / 6.43611°N 3.44750°E |
| Date | 20 October 2020 12 : 00 p.m. |
| Target | Civilians (End SARS protesters) |
Attack type | shooting |
| Deaths | At least 12 |
| Injured | Unknown |
| Perpetrators | Nigerian Army |
On the night of 20 October 2020, at about 6:50 p.m., members of the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed End SARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate (Admiralty Circle Plaza) in Lagos State, Nigeria. Amnesty International stated that at least 12 protesters were killed during the shooting. A day after the incident, on 21 October, the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-olu, denied reports of any loss of lives, but later admitted in an interview with a CNN journalist that "only two persons were killed".
The Nigerian Army initially denied involvement in the shooting, but later stated that it had deployed soldiers to the toll gate on the orders of the governor of Lagos State. A month after the shooting, following a CNN documentary on the shooting, the Nigerian Army admitted to the Lagos Judiciary panel of inquiry into the shooting that it had deployed its personnel to the toll gate with both live and blank bullets.