The Lagos #EndSARS panel says police officers attempted to cover up the shooting of protesters at Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020.
Over the past year, the panel has heard petitions on police brutality and has also investigated the contentious Lekki tollgate incident.
The panel said the attack on protesters resulted in injuries
and deaths.
According to the panel’s report, the police officers tried
to cover up their actions by picking up bullets.
“The panel found that the Nigerian Police Force deployed its
officers to the Lekki tollgate on the night of the 20th October, 2020 and
between that night and the morning of the 21st of October, 2020, its officer
shot at, assaulted and battered unarmed protesters, which led to injuries and
deaths,” the report reads.
“The police officers also tried to cover up their actions by
picking up bullets.”
The panel said the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) refused to
provide vital evidence that would have aided its investigation.
LCC was also accused of manipulating the CCTV footage
presented to the panel during its sitting.
“The panel found that LCC hampered the panel’s investigation
by refusing to turn over some useful and vital information/evidence as
requested by the panel and the forensic expert engaged by the panel, even where
such information and evidence was by the company’s admission, available,” the
report reads.
“It manipulated the incomplete CCTV Video footage of the
Lekki tollgate on the night of the 20th of October 2020, which it tendered
before the panel.”
According to the panel, the cleaning of the Lekki tollgate
after the incident and failure to preserve the scene ahead of potential
investigations proves there was a cover-up attempt.
The panel recommended the sanctioning of the officers of the
army and police who participated in the “shooting, injuring and killing of
unarmed protestors”.
The panel also recommended a public apology to #EndSARS
protesters who were killed, injured, and traumatised by the incident.
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