The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will speak to Nigerians on the Lekki shootings when he has all the facts on the incident.

Dare made this known on Friday while speaking on Arise TV programme monitored by The PUNCH.

Buhari addressed the nation on Thursday but has since come under fire by many who described his speech as one lacking empathy.

The President has also been fiercely criticised for keeping silent on the Lekki toll gate shootings of Tuesday night. Eyewitnesses said soldiers opened fire on #EndSARS protesters demonstrating against police brutality and seeking the reform of the Nigeria Police Force.

Dare said the President had ordered an investigation into the Tuesday night incident at the Lekki toll gate.

When asked about the Lekki shootings incident, the minister said, “For sure, the President has ordered for an investigation. He had a National Security Meeting

yesterday (Friday). I can tell you that this is ongoing already.

“The President wants to have the facts and that is going to be made public.

“It is going to be difficult to hide all these facts because we live in a multimedia world and we have evidence, collaborations, and all of that, and I think it is important to get the facts right.

“That is the path that the President has toed and I am sure that when these facts are made available, this President because he has integrity, will level with the Nigerian people about what happened on Tuesday in Lekki.”

At least 30 persons were wounded in the attack, according to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who visited the injured youths at various hospitals in the Lekki area earlier in the week.

The eyewitnesses also said at least seven persons died in the shootings.

Tuesday night attack has been condemned by both local and international civil rights organisations and personalities.

Read people’s comments and reactions below;

Flourish Brownny: Abeg this Una young and fresh bubu taya me
You people want to edit nonesese and show us, abeg you people should not come and make us angry again
We want new government
The old government should resign

Bikonunu Na plead ooooooooo
Or if you people want it with force we dey kinpe

Omoniyi Loveth: So youth get minister
I never hear dat one,so we get minister and he never for once address the youth
Nigeria i hail thee

Chigaemezu Vivian: Speak kwa! What stopped him from speaking when you guys fooled yourselves on national T.V. in the name of presidential address. All i know is that the souls massacred on 20-10-20 will haunt y’all. #VENGEANCE

Zainy Pedro: Is it the minister that used his jeep to carry the thugs to attack the peaceful protesters.. Na wa o hope he will come and talk to us physically we are tired of watching him reading from a book

Echezona Chinaecherem: They should get a translator that will translate it for US this time around. If not the youth will protest on #END BAD #English.

Omolara Ibrahim: We r yet to recover fr d 12 mins speech he gave that rendered us speechless. Pls o! Let him not comman add salt again to our injuries o! Mbok!!! Let him jst pocket him speech jeje. We go appreciate him silence biko..🤷‍♀️👌🤨

Christabel Uzomba: My problem now is that they are not allowing Buhari to rest in peace!!! The only dead president that still rules.

Amara Ruth: Like they’re begging him to speak, I for one don’t want to hear from him. They should do one good thing for once which is let them all resign.

Emeka Gabriel: I think it’s better and more understandable when they say buhari would be recorded on lekki shouting…NDI ARA