Lagos Panel Expects Forensic Report On Lekki Tollgate In Four Days

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The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing allegations of human rights violation by members of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on Friday said it is expecting the forensic experts hired by the Lagos State government to examine the Lekki tollgate shooting to submit their report by Tuesday.

Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi (rtd.), disclosed this while rejecting an application by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC), operator of the tollgate, to repossess the facility, which had been shut down since soldiers allegedly shot at and killed unarmed protesters on October 20, 2020.

As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, Justice Okuwobi said until the report of the forensic examination, which cost a “huge amount”, was received, the LCC could not be granted access to the facility.

The forensic experts had been expected to submit their report on Friday, after the 21 days given to them to conclude the job elapsed on Wednesday.

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Ruling to the application by the LCC counsel, Rotimi Seriki, for the firm to be given access to the facility, the panel chairman said, “It behoves the panel to await the (forensic) report before taking further steps with regard to the application of the LCC for repossession of the Lekki Toll Plaza.”

While some #EndSARS protesters have submitted petitions to the panel, insisting that soldiers shot and killed some of the protesters who converged on the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20, 2020, the military has vehemently denied the allegations.

The forensic experts were expected to have searched for evidence of live bullets or shells as well as blood of gunshot victims at the tollgate.