The judicial panel led by Justice Doris Okuwobi (retired) had reported that evidence shows that soldiers “actually shot blank and live bullets directly and pointedly into the midst of protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, with the deliberate intention to assault, maim, and kill.”
Browsing: Doris Okuwobi
The report was submitted on Monday by the Chairman of the JPI, Justice Doris Okuwobi, and members after one year of sitting.
The report was submitted by the Chairman of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry, Justice Doris Okuwobi, in Lagos on Monday.
The panel was set up to investigate allegations of police brutality and the incident of October 20, 2020 where soldiers opened fire on protesters at the Lekki tollgate.
Large number of policemen and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were sighted at the burnt tollgate on Friday night
It will be recalled that the panel of enquiry set up to look into the agitations of the #EndSARS protesters, which culminated in the shooting shooting incident at Lekki Tollgate, on Saturday approved the reopening of the tollgate, amidst protests, following a prayer by LCC counsel that its order will allow the company to repair all damages done.
he CBN obtained a court order freezing the accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters till January 2021
The nine-man Judicial Panel, headed by Justice Doris Okuwobi (retd), saw the bullet shell casings on Friday during a visit to the scene as part of its investigations into the incident.