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#Endsars: Emotional moment police arrest weeping dispatch rider who had survived 2020 Lekki shooting (Video)

A viral video captures the emotional moment police arrest a dispatch rider who had survived the 2020 shooting in Lekki, while driving past the toll-gate.

According to the dispatch rider, he had been among the survivors who weren’t touched by the bullets shot at the toll-gate.

While recounting his experience, the man identified as Jacob, broke down in tears as memories of what had happened rendered him visibly emotional.

However, despite his state, two police officers were seen dragging him away after being arrested.

A Twitter user who shared the video wrote:

“This is Jacob Desmond, a Dispatch rider who was just driving past the Lekki tollgate, when the memories of #LekkiMassacre struck. He stopped, remembered & cried, how he would have been amongst the dead, if not for God He was arrested by the police even while crying. #EndSARS”

Watch the video below:

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