The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS and related abuses and Other Matters on Friday visited the Lekki toll gate, scene of the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters.
The panel also paid a visit to the military hospital where some of the wounded were treated.
The visits came nearly two weeks after the shooting incident.
At the Lekki Toll Gate, members of the panel were taken around the scene of the shooting by officials of the Lekki Concession Company.
Managing Director of LCC, Abayomi Omomuwa, reiterated the company’s preparedness to make available the footage of events of October 20, 2020.
He also restated that the company did not have an investigation report.
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At the Military Hospital, Ikoyi, members of the panel met some resistance from the soldiers for about 30 minutes, before they were allowed on the hospital premises.
Addressing journalists, a member of the panel, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, disclosed that the panel has ‘confidential information’ that certain events took place in the hospital on October 20, 2020.
“We are exercising our mandate on behalf of the governor of Lagos State under the tribunals of inquiry law.
“We have already inspected the Lekki toll gate today and we decided to pay an unscheduled visit to the mortuary of the Military Hospital because we have confidential information concerning certain events that took place in the hospital here.
“We are waiting for them to grant us access to inspect the mortuary because we have reasons to believe that that facility is relevant to our investigation.
“We don’t want to make any conclusions yet until we have access to that mortuary to inspect it.
“We have a pathologist with us who is here to help us conduct medical examination of bodies that we may find in the mortuary.”
