Catherine Udeh, the Nigerian entertainer better known as DJ Switch, has reacted to the report presented by the Lagos judicial panel of inquiry into the Lekki tollgate shooting of last year.
The disc jockey, who filmed the infamous shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate in October 2020, had gone into hiding over alleged threats to her life for recording the military crackdown.
There have been varied reports on the activities of security operatives at the tollgate during the shooting.
Lai Mohammed, the minister for information, had on several occasions stated that lives were not lost during the EndSARS protest at Lekki.
But the panel set up by the Lagos government to probe the cases of police brutality recently listed 48 casualties of the protest.
It established, contrary to the federal government’s claims, that nine citizens died and four others went missing.
The panel also said the killing of unarmed protesters at the tollgate could be described in the context of a “massacre”.
Reacting to the report, DJ Switch, whose account of the massacre had been discredited by state forces, argued in a tweet on Tuesday that “the truth needs no defense.”
“Shattered so many lives, tried to destroy mine. Only for what you desperately tried to hide to be made public… by you! The truth needs no defense!” the tweet taunting the state and federal government read.
Shattered so many lives, tried to destroy mine. Only for what you desperately tried to hide to be made public… by you!
The truth needs no defense! #EndSARS— Dj Switch (@dj_switchaholic) November 15, 2021
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In its report, the panel said: “Officers of the Nigerian Army shot, injured and killed unarmed helpless and defenseless protesters, without provocation or justification, while they were waving the Nigerian Flag and singing the National Anthem and the manner of assault and killing could in context be described as a massacre.
“The Panel also found that the conduct of the Nigerian Army was exacerbated by its refusal to allow ambulances render medical assistance to victims who required such assistance.
“The Army was also found not to have adhered to its own rules of engagement. The Panel found that the Nigerian Police Force deployed its officers to the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of the 20th October 2020.
“And between that night and the morning of the 21st of October, 2020, its officers shot at, assaulted, and battered unarmed protesters, which led to injuries and deaths.”
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The mass that they killed at the togate is more fan what they think and they are all innocent people the military killed straight bullets to them and then the information minister that’s lying Muhammad will now say that nobody is being killed for what all this episode government we are tired of them this just stepped down in peaceful Lee hand it over to the next government I feel so if they need peaceful everything should move on peace peacefully and fashola himself and fashola himself the minister of housing and works environments and the minister of power who moved to the toll Gates and plug out the camera so that other countries will not know what is happening at the tollgate he thought that we did not know but all what he is doing everything has an end and they will all pay for what all the damages that they’ve caused to us and to the country, dessauer gentle DJ DJ switch Federal government want to harass her it’s just leave out if they no want trouble from the youth because what what they’ve done to Ross at the first place we still have that in our mind if they need peace they should leave her alone but if they did not need peace they should hold her till the day then they will see what will happen to them useless human beings APC people that did not want to fight for the rights they just want to fill their pockets and then keep money that that did not belong to them for their great-grandchildren so that did not want them to suffer so why all this rubbish I will not part of the country for Halloween on citizen of Nigeria so are they treating us as if we are not citizen of Nigeria where we move to other countries we have reminded in our country will not have free man you don’t have freedom to do whatever you want to do when they see when they see you with lap laptop they said you are a Yahoo boy so what what else is job that the Federal government has putting in place for the youth to do no no youth empowerment and then you expect expect us to keep quiet for what you guys have done to us you guys will surely pay I tell you you will surely pay for it just leave baba DJ switch alone please and please I’m placing the Federal government to free her!!!!