Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has honored the 6th anniversary of the Lekki Toll Gate shootings, calling for justice, duty and appreciate for human rights.
Obi made this identified in a observation on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, marking six years because the incident involving #EndSARS protesters on the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos.
He described the anniversary as a painful reminder of the cost Nigerian youths paid of their call for for a greater nation.
He wrote: “These days, October 20, 2026, marks the 6th anniversary of the Lekki Toll Gate shootings, a painful reminder of the cost Nigerian youths paid of their call for for a greater nation.
“On that fateful evening, non violent #EndSARS protesters have been met with gunfire. Lives have been misplaced, many have been injured, and the country used to be left with questions on justice, duty, and the sanctity of human existence.
“We should by no means fail to remember. We should by no means normalise injustice.
“As we keep in mind the sufferers, I reaffirm my trust {that a} New Nigeria is conceivable—a rustic the place voters are secure, now not brutalised; the place younger individuals are heard, now not silenced; and the place executive energy is exercised with accountability and appreciate for human rights.
“Nigeria should transform a country the place no citizen is punished for hard just right governance and a greater long term.
“Might the souls of the departed proceed to leisure in peace. Might their sacrifice improve our unravel to construct a Nigeria the place this tragedy won’t ever be repeated.
“A New Nigeria is POssible. A Nigeria the place each and every existence issues.”