"With how social media presented Lekki shooting, I thought we would have over 1000 deaths" – Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Sanni says (Watch)

Wasiu Sanni, the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly, has inconspicuously expressed that social media exaggerated the Lekki toll gate massacre.

As stated by the lawmaker, the videos that circulated the social media space of the Lekki shooting that left many #Endsars protesters wounded and 2 individuals dead gave him the impression that about 1,000 mortality was recorded.

Well, speaking at a plenary in the house, he alleged that influencers aggravated and catalyzed the destruction of Lagos state.

He nonetheless expressed a feeling of contention when some social media users questioned the narrative of a massacre that circulated the media space.

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The way and manner the Lekki shooting was placed on social media, I thought we will have not less than 300 or 1000 dead bodies - Deputy Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Wasiu Sanni,

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