The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the report by the Lagos state EndSARS panel confirming the gruesome killings of innocent youths at the Lekki Tollgate during the 2020 EndSARS protest, strengthened the fact that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was running a murderous and oppressive regime that “has no regard for life.”
In a statement signed by the outgoing National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition party in the country said Nigerians could recall how security operatives attacked and massacred innocent youths and how the APC, its leaders and agents, in various agencies of APC-controlled government, vehemently denied the killings, tried to mop up evidence and provided official cover for the killers.
The PDP said the report of the Lagos EndSARS panel, which confirmed the massacre of Nigerian youths in Lekki, had further shown the APC and its government as bloody liars whose hands were stained with the blood of innocent compatriots.
“It is now clear that no matter how much the wicked strive in denial, the truth will always prevail. Therefore, the blood of our innocent youths killed by agents of the APC and its administration must not be shed in vain. Those responsible for these callous acts must be made to face justice.
“Of course, all those whose hands have become blood stained will never know peace,” the statement read.
The PDP also invited Nigerians to stand for the slain compatriots by ensuring that those behind the massacre of the youths as well as their supporters in government have their days in the dock.
The party said the nation must ensure that such individuals were brought to book for their act of wickedness to humanity.
“In this regard, our party insists that all those indicted by the panel should be arrested, prosecuted and dealt with in accordance with our laws,” PDP added.
The party again commiserated with the families of the slain young Nigerians, who were cut down in their prime for demanding a just, equitable and secure nation governed by the rule of law.
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