A professor of political economy and management expert,
Pat Utomi, has narrated how security operatives opened fire at the
#EndSARS protest venue in the Lekki area of Lagos
State.
Utomi, who lives very close to the toll gate area where the
protest has held peacefully for about two weeks, said he was having
a telephone conversation before the incident occurred.
“I live not very far from the Lekki Toll Gate and I was on the
deck of the house and I was actually speaking to somebody in the
United States,” he told Channels Television on Tuesday
evening.
He narrated, “I have just finished speaking with a Nigerian
diplomat friend here in Lagos, analysing the strategy and wondering
if it was not really a worrisome strategy to take an ultimatum of
how we are going to have a 24-hour curfew, bearing in mind that the
young people are already accusing the authorities of being the ones
sending the hoodlums so they can trigger a reason for attacking
them.”
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“I just finished discussing that with this Nigerian diplomat and
I was talking to somebody in the US when I heard the siren, and I
was wondering siren?
“It just kept going and suddenly I heard ‘pa pa pa pa pa pa’ –
gunfire, and I said, ‘oh my God, they are shooting at these kids’.
I could hear them saying, ‘kneel down, they are shooting at us,”
Utomi added.
He advised federal and state authorities to be very careful in
addressing the issues raised by the protesting youths.
According to the economist, the youths of Nigeria have become a
global tribe and are all over the world.
He warned that the youths could run an asymmetrical war against
the authorities in Nigeria if they don’t manage the situation
carefully.