Lekki Massacre: How The United States And Other Western Nations Turned A Blind Eye To Buhari’s Atrocity– David Hundeyin

Nigerian-born investigation journalist David Hundeyin has described how the United States and other Western countries turned a blind eye to the killing of unarmed protesters in Lekki by the Muhammadu Buhari administration during the 2020 EndSars protests. He made the revelation during an appearance on the popular online interview programme 90Minutes Africa hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo.

The founder of the West African Weekly newsletter narrated how he attempted to contact officials in the US and Western embassies in Lagos in the aftermath of the Lekki massacre but was met with grave silence.

“After the Lekki massacre, for example, it was widely expected, based on their position on human rights and civil liberties, that the US government and its affiliate organizations in the civic space would, at the very least, issue some sort of very strongly worded condemnation of what happened but instead what we had was radio silence across the board,” the award-winning journalist said.

On the night of October 20, 2020, the Nigerian army forcefully dispersed hundreds of youths who had occupied the Lekki Toll Gate protesting against police harassment. They fired live bullets at the protesting youths who were…