‘Felt Like I Was Going To Die There’ – British-Nigerian Man Who Witnessed Lekki Tollgate Shooting Recounts Horrifying Ordeal (video)
Ephraim, a British-Nigerian man, who was an eyewitness during the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020, has recounted his horrifying ordeal.
According to Amnesty International, at least 12 people died from the incident while several others suffered gunshot injuries.
The human rights group also accused the FG of attempting to cover up the actual happenings at the Lekki tollgate and also accused the military and police of shooting at peaceful #EndSARS protesters.
The man, who grew up up in London but returned to Nigeria to start a business, partook in the #EndSARS protests at the Lekki tollgate where protesters gathered.
Speaking with BBC, Ephraim stated;
I am yet to process what I lived through in the past three days. I don’t know how I feel. The one thing I know is the truth has to be told. Yes
After seeing bodies being throwing into the truck, I felt I was going to die there.
Ephraim, who went to the hospital with his friends after being injured by glass, said;
Whilst we were there on Wednesday morning, trying to sort out care for people, more people arrived in the hospital with gunshot wounds.
There was a teenage boy, who couldn’t have been more than 13, his arm was blown out.
According to BBC, Ephraim, while at the hospital filmed many injured protesters, some of them appeared to be children.
He stated;
I was very young when I started hearing in Nigeria, the youths are the leaders of tomorrow. It seems that tomorrow just never comes cause it’s the same set of people (leaders)
Ephraim added;
At the point, I think it’s about respecting the sacrifices of those who have gone and trying to find a way so we don’t lose any more lives. Nigeria is home to 200 million people and those lives have to mean something. And those lives don’t have to spend their days in squalor, as a lot of people do.
Watch him speak in the video below;
