General Ibrahim Taiwo, commander of the 81 division of the Nigerian Army, Saturday said that the invitation of soldiers to stop the activities of #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate was indeed a great idea.
He said that Babajide Sanwo-Olu was right to have invited soldiers, since the police and other paramilitary services had been overrun. It is the custom that the army intervenes when a situation overcomes the police and paramilitary services.
It was these incidents that made the Governor of Lagos State ask for military intervention and in my opinion, that was the correct thing to do since the police had been overrun and policemen were fighting for their dear lives.
Soldiers were deployed from Badagry, Ikorodu, Epe, Apapa, Ikeja, Alimosho and even Lagos Island to restore order. The rules of for internal security were strictly followed. It is inexcusable for the soldiers to stand aside and watch the situation deteriorate.
