The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has said the police, military and other security agencies did not use excessive force on the #EndBadGovernance protesters.
Speaking at a meeting of security agencies heads on Tuesday in Abuja, the IGP said there were attacks on security operatives deployed to manage the protests.
According to the police boss, the military and police did not use live ammunition during the protests.
“The police and the military and indeed no other security agency involved in the management of this protest has deployed excessive use of force. Instead, what we had were attacks on security agents during the protest. From our record, there were no shooting incidents by the police,” Egbetokun said.
“The police or military did not use any live ammunition in the management of these protests. Instead, we have had cases where our officers were injured and are in critical condition as we speak.
“I will dismiss that as fake news and very wrong allegations. We didn’t use excessive force at all. We didn’t even deploy the whole of our strength in this protest even when it turned violent. We have water cannons we did not deploy, we have rubber bullets, we didn’t use. All that we have used is teargas and nothing more.”
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However, most Nigerians would not believe Egbetokun’s claim as they also claim that they alsso same Policemen using live bullets on protesters.
For instance Bulama Bukarti, London based security analyst said it was a general knowledge that live bullets were used by the police during the Protests-.
Bukarti, who featured on Channels Television’s program, Politics Today, on Monday, said the police did mot behave professionally, adding that it will damage the brand and reputation of the police should the police deny it.
According to him, the whole world saw live bullets being used in Kaduna, Kano and other places
Unfortunately, the IG has vehemently denied usage of live ammunition.
