Obianuju Catherine Udeh professionally known as DJ Switch, has discovered that soldiers, who shot at peaceful #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, on October 20, 2020, revealed that they had been despatched to the protest ground on orders from above.
DJ Switch stated this at the same time as speakme with the Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament.
The entertainer stated the incident that led to the deaths of approximately a dozen protesters on the Lekki Toll Gate.
She cited that the navy opened hearth on the protesters after growing a 3-formation line.
Debunking claims through the Nigerian Army that infantrymen fired clean bullets into the air, DJ Switch stated the squaddies shot at them.
She informed the Canadian parliament that she counted no longer less than seven humans shot, adding that one of the squaddies threatened to shoot her.
Recounting the October 20 incident, she stated, “On October 20, 2020, we had lively Nigerians there united with one intention towards police brutality towards terrible governance.
“What began out as a protest towards police brutality with the unit referred to as SARS alas degenerated into something I nevertheless locate difficult to reconcile within my heart.
“We got records that the government wants to see me and 6 other humans and I consider saying to them that we don't have any chief and if the government desired to talk with us, he have to kindly come to the toll gate and cope with Nigerians because we were out for 11 days.”
She introduced that the first gunshot turned into heard from in the back of, including that it became chaotic as humans had been jogging in distinctive guidelines in order no longer to be hit via bullet till it changed into introduced that protesters have to lie on the floor.
She persisted, saying, “As we didn’t realize in which the gunshots have been coming from and what they are approximately after which the lights went off.
“I remembered the navy came in first, they stopped shooting sooner or later and I walked up to one among them and I asked why he changed into shooting at us and he stated he had explicit order from above, and I became coming too close to him and if I come too close, it might be considered an assault on him and he would must shoot.
“It didn’t take any other ten mins, the capturing started out once more. I recollect seeing seven people which have been shot down and we had been telling humans on my live Instagram to assist us name an ambulance.”
She additionally added that when the military were ordered to prevent capturing by using a senior military officer, the police were drafted to the toll gate and endured taking pictures at protesters, who had been still on the protest ground.
She discovered that she has been in hiding following threats to her stay through unknown humans.
She stated she to start with thought it become an empty hazard till she acquired a name that the army have been looking to arrest her.
“I were at the circulate because they were after my existence. The first chance got here in, I thought it became a joke, I honestly concept it was a shaggy dog story.
“Just as I turned into leaving, I were given a cellphone name that I have to go away the area due to the fact there are army men at the clinic.
“I needed to abandon my domestic, I moved from human beings’s home, after which just to get out of Nigeria. I am still touring, and I am now not executed with my trip,” DJ Switch found out.
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