Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, announced this at a press conference on the first anniversary of EndSARS on Wednesday.
The minister stated in the text of his press conference that the Federal Government had yet to receive any evidence for the alleged murder.
During the EndSARS protest, security operatives killed at least 12 protesters in Lagos State, according to Amnesty International.
The minister, however, dismissed the claim, saying, "One year later, and despite ample opportunities for the families of those allegedly killed and those alleging a massacre to present evidence, there has been none: There were no bodies, no families, no solid evidence, nothing. Where are the relatives of those allegedly killed at the toll gate? Have they appeared before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry? If not, what is the reason?
"Recall, gentlemen, that after tossing around various figures, Amnesty International settled on a figure of around 12 people killed." CNN, on the other hand, reduced the number of people killed from 38 to two after a supposedly global exclusive, despite the fact that the network had no reporter on the ground at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20th, 2020."
Soldiers did not shoot at protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020, according to the minister.
"On October 20th (2020), security forces enforced curfew by FIRING SHOTS INTO THE AIR (emphasis mine) to disperse protesters who had gathered at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos to protest abusive practices by the Nigeria Police Force Special Anti-Robbery Squad," Mohammed said (SARS)
"At the end of the year, accurate information on fatalities resulting from the shooting was not available. The government denied Amnesty International's report that ten people died during the incident, and NO OTHER ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO VERIFY THE CLAIM (emphasis mine)."
"With the overwhelming evidence pointing to a massacre at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, we are reiterating what we said a year ago:
"On October 20th, 2020, the military did not shoot at protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, and there was no massacre at the toll gate." There were no bodies or blood because the only 'massacre' recorded was on social media."