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By Rose Oladele
The Federal Government has vowed to expose disc jockey (DJ), Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch over her alleged false claims on the shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed stated this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
According to him, the briefing was conveyed to address lingering issues regarding the #EndSARS protests that rocked the nation last month.
The minister described the incident of October 20, 2020 as a “massacre without bodies,” maintaining that contrary to DJ Switch’s claims, not a single body has been produced or a single family has come out to claim that their family member was killed at the Lekki toll gate.
He also said the government stands by last Saturday’s testimony of the Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, who told the Judicial Panel of Inquiry instituted by the Lagos State Government that blank bullets were fired at the toll gate.
Mohammed lamented that celebrities used the social media to circulate fake news during the #EndSARS crisis, noting that the government will not fold its arms and allow the trend to continue.
He said: “One of the purveyors of fake news was one DJ Switch whose real name is Obianuju Catherine Udeh, even though she claimed authentic evidence of mass killings. Surprisingly, instead of presenting whatever evidence she may have, she chose to escape from the country on the claim that her life was in danger. In danger from who?
“The military has come out to say they never sought after her and to the best of my knowledge, the police never declared her wanted.”