20th October 2020…..20–10–2020…..a Tuesday evening in Lekki, Lagos that will forever live in the annals of Nigerian history. An evening during which members of the Nigerian army opened fire on unarmed peaceful protesters who had congregated at the Lekki Tollgate, draped in Nigerian flags and singing the national anthem. Patriotic Nigerians, mostly youths and therefore the future of the nation, were cut down by a hail of bullets bought with their money…..with taxpayer money. These soldiers didn’t baulk at the order to shoot at their fellow citizens, their fellow brothers and sisters. To them, it was as though these were the Boko Haram terrorists they have been fighting against for almost a decade, terrorists who had slain their brothers/sisters-in-arms and therefore there could be no mercy. This can be the only logical explanation for a group of soldiers sworn to protect their fatherland and fellow citizens, yet had no qualms turning on their own.