DJ Switch Escapes To Canada, Tells Canadian Government That Soldiers At The Lekki Shooting Said They’re Acting On Orders From Above

Popular Nigerian Disc Jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh professionally known as DJ Switch, has allegedly left Nigerian to Canada and has also told the Canadian government that soldiers, who shot at the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20 said they were acting on orders from above.

Switch has been offline from social media since October 23 just immediately after she announced that she was receiving death threats, later it was said that she went into hiding. Currently on social media it is said that Switch has been granted asylum in Canada.

According to Sahara Reporters, Switch spoke to the Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament and that was when she disclosed what the soldiers allegedly told the Lekki protesters before they started shooting.

In her words;

“On October 20, 2020, we had spirited Nigerians there united with one goal against police brutality against bad governance.

“What started out as a protest against police brutality with the unit called SARS unfortunately degenerated into something I still find hard to reconcile within my heart.

“We got information that the government wants to see me and six other people and I remember saying to them that we have no leader and if the government wanted to speak with us, he should kindly come to the toll gate and address Nigerians because we have been out for eleven days.”

“As we didn’t know where the gunshots were coming from and what they are about and then the lights went off.

“I remembered the military came in first, they stopped shooting at some point and I walked up to one of them and I asked why he was shooting at us and he said he had express order from above, and I was coming too close to him and if I come too close, it would be considered an attack on him and he would have to shoot.

“It didn’t take another ten minutes, the shooting started again. I remember seeing seven people that have been shot down and we were telling people on my live Instagram to help us call an ambulance.”

“I have been on the move because they have been after my life. The first threat came in, I thought it was a joke, I sincerely thought it was a joke.

“Just as I was leaving, I got a phone call that I should leave the vicinity because there are military men at the hospital.

“I had to abandon my home, I moved from people’s home, and then just to get out of Nigeria. I am still travelling, and I am not done with my trip.”

As of the time of filing this report, Switch is yet to make any post on any of her social media accounts.