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    EndSARS: Lagos Releases White Paper on Lekki Panel Report

    The Lagos State Government has released its White Paper on the report by the EndSARS panel that probed the Lekki toll gate incident of October 20, 2020.

    The Babajide Sanwo-Olu led government faulted the report submitted that claimed that nine persons were killed at the toll gate when soldiers stormed the protest ground to disperse the protesters.

    The government claims that the allegation made by the panel that nine persons were shot dead as “assumptions and speculations”.

    Recall that the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS-related Abuses and Other Matters had on November 15, 2021, submitted its report after which Sanwo-Olu set up a White Paper committee.

    The four-member committee was led by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN).

    Other members of the committee are; Commissioner for Youths and Social Development, Mr. Segun Dawodu; Special Adviser, Works, and Infrastructure, Engr. (Mrs) Aramide Adeyoye and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, Mrs. Tolani Oshodi.

    According to the leaked report of the judicial panel, at least nine #EndSARS protesters were killed at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020.

    The report listed 48 names as those who were casualties of the Lekki incident of October 20, 2020.

    Among the 48 casualties listed, 24 sustained gunshot injuries, while 15 others were assaulted by soldiers and police.

    The judicial panel was inaugurated on October 19, 2020, to look into complaints of citizens against human rights abuses by the police. But following the incident at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, the Terms of Reference of the panel were expanded to cover that incident.

    The panel sat for over one year, listening to testimonies of petitioners, witnesses, experts, and lawyers.

    The panel treated 235 petitions and awarded N410 million as compensation to 70 victims.

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