Lekki Massacre: Govt Lawyer Blames Panel For Making Findings Public, Says Report Not Accurate
As previously reported by DAILY POST, the Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel handed its report to the Lagos State Government on Monday, November 15.
Recall that the panel’s conclusions found that at least 48 unarmed protesting youths were killed, wounded, or assaulted by police and soldiers from the Nigerian Army at the location.
In addition, the 309-page study titled “Report of Lekki Incident Investigation Of 20th October 2020” stated that on October 20, 2020, there was a “massacre in context” at the Lekki tollgate.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Lekki Concession Company are also named in the study.
“By law, the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the panel were not supposed to be made public. The report making rounds on social media is a draft of a minority opinion because I was there all through the proceedings,” he said.
“I am particularly shocked to read what is contained in the report because it is not completely accurate. I sighted over 40 discrepancies in this report, including awarding N15 million to someone who was a witness to a police brutality incident that had nothing to do with the Lekki incident. What kind of report is that?
“All the evidence we were able to gather during the proceedings, none of them could be fully established.
“The mistake made by the government was not setting up an entirely different panel to look into the Lekki incident because there are some members of the panel that are protagonists in the case against the Police. They were not supposed to be a part of it.”
