The Lekki Concession Company, LCC, has refuted claims that
it removed the CCTV’s at Lekki tollgate few hours before the shooting of
protesters on Tuesday.
Images of an LCC staff with some equipment had circulated on
social media, with claims that he was sent to remove the CCTV at the tollgate
after Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu imposed a 24-hour curfew on Tuesday.
Reacting, LCC in a statement signed on Wednesday, said it
had cooperated with the protesters and did not remove the CCTV.
Condemning the shooting, LCC maintained that the CCTV is
still installed and there was no instruction from anyone to remove them.
It further revealed that during the protest some of its equipment were stolen.
”LCC has cooperated with the protesters from the onset, identifying
with the cause and need to end the police brutality. We provided lights,
toilets among other items to the youths as a show of solidarity.
”As the protest progresses, our tolling equipment were being
looted. We recovered items daily with the help of some of the protesters. Such
items included air conditioners, violation alarm bells, monitors, keyboards
e.t.c.
”On the 20th of October, we received feedback that some of
the rolling equipments were being pulled off, hence we went into the lanes to
recover more items including analogue BOSCH tolling devices used to monitor
transaction carried out in the toll lanes.
”The perimeter closed circuit television system (CCTV) are
Mobotix Digital Camera. They were not removed and are still installed in the
lanes even now. There was no instruction from anyone to remove the sprinter
CCTV cameras. Removing them will require the use of machinery to reach the
heights that they have installed and are still installed.
”We sincerely regrets this unfortunate incident and once
again condemn the shooting of unarmed protersters at Lekki tollgate and other
location in the state,” it added.
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