Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila has spoken on the shooting of protesters in Lagos as well as arson across the state.
“Events in my home state Lagos, last night and up until this afternoon, have left my heart heavy and my spirit disturbed.
“After sixty years, our democracy should have grown beyond the point where conflicting visions of nationhood result in violence on the streets and blood on the ground.
“It is unavoidably and painfully clear that there were a number of casualties as a result of gunfire at the Lekki Toll Gate.
“Therefore, there needs to be a quick and thorough investigation to determine the facts of what happened last night in Lagos.
“Our nation urgently needs and the Nigerian people deserve an accounting of the acts that led to the events of last night.
“I urge for calm whilst we get a truer picture of events.
“In Lagos and everywhere else, too much blood has already been spilled in our country, let there be no more.
“May God bless and keep you all. And may God bless and keep our Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Gbajabiamila said.
The speaker had earlier threatened not to sign off on the 2021 budget unless it provided for compensation for victims of police brutality as well as demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
