"There Was No Massacre in Lekki Toll Gate" - Lai Mohammed

"There was no massacre in Lekki Toll Gate" - Lai Mohammed

GistReel Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has once again stirred controversy after insisting that no “massacre” took place at the Lekki Toll Gate during the 2020 EndSARS protests. Speaking in an interview on ARISE News while promoting his new book, Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments That Defined an Administration, the former minister said the Lekki shooting narrative was driven by fake news and unverified social med…

There was no massacre at Lekki Toll Gate – Lai Mohammed

The post There was no massacre at Lekki Toll Gate – Lai Mohammed appeared first on Kemi Filani. A former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has insisted that there was no “massacre” at the Lekki Toll Gate during the 2020 EndSARS protests. Mohammed has claimed that the narrative was driven by fake news and unverified reports, which were amplified on social media. He stated this during an interview on ARISE News […] The post There …

'No Massacre Occurred at Lekki Tollgate', Lai Mohammed Reiterates

Former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has restated his position that no massacre took place at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos during the #EndSARS protests. The renewed defence comes amid lingering controversy over the October 20, 2020 incident, which CNN had reported involved soldiers firing live rounds at demonstrators. Although CNN alleged the use of […] The post ‘No Massacre Occurred at Lekki Tollgate’, Lai Mohammed Reiterates appeared f…

Lai Mohammed Insists That No 'Massacre' Happened at Lekki Tollgate

ABUJA, Nigeria — Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s former minister of information, has again insisted that no “massacre” occurred at the Lekki tollgate during the #EndSARS protests of October 2020, restating a position that has remained one of the most contentious aspects of the nationwide anti-police brutality demonstrations. In a live interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, Mohammed defended his longstanding…