I Knew There Was A Calamity At Lekki

Nigerian actor and politician Desmond Elliot has said that he knew there was a calamity at Lekki tollgate on October 20th, 2020 during the Endsars protest.

Desmond Elliot who spoke while reacting to the report of Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS-related Abuses and Other Matters on the Wake Up Nigeria programme on TVC, said that he read the report but already knew that the incident was chaotic.

Desmond Elliot also claimed that he knew that the truth regarding the incident would surface stating that it was a pattern for the government in power.

He said, “I read it and it was very heart-breaking. Heart wrenching. I knew there was a calamity, chaos. Except you are not Nigerian or you are not human. You would feel for everybody.

“I have always said something. When MKO died and the government of the day denied and denied, it took this government to come and say you know what, we have wronged you; this is the truth. And they actually gave Democracy Day.

“We have always said the truth comes out. There is no how you would try to hide it, the truth would come out.”

The member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, however, commended the state government for letting the report see the light of day.

Desmond Elliot said that the government’s action was commendable because it would have known that the report would indict it but still allowed it to be released.