Lekki Shooting: Victims Storm Lagos Judicial Panel.
At least 15 protesters who were injured during the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters by men of the Nigerian army stormed the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters.
Reports has it that 14 of the protesters were said to have been shot at Lekki Toll Gate on the evening of October 20, while one was said to have been shot Ojodu Berger.
Also with the wounded was one Mr Nathaniel Solomon, whose younger brother Abouta Solomon was said to have been shot dead at the toll gate by soldiers.
The deceased has since been buried in his hometown in Mubi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, and Aiyedungbe Olufunmi Grace, whose brother died at LASUTH after suffering gunshot wounds to the head.
Grace stated that after her brother’s death, the hospital authorities changed the story and said he died of COVID-19.
Recall that protesting youths in Nigeria demanding for the end to police brutalization and extrajudicial killings of Nigerians had stormed the streets, protesting the brutalities, humiliation, and extortion of Nigerians, especially the youths.
On Sunday, October 11, 2020, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, disbanded SARS following a widespread protest from Nigerians worldwide. However, the announcement that SARS has been scrapped did not take protesters from the streets which resulted in the declaration of a curfew by the Lagos government.
Following the curfew, soldiers of the Nigerian Army invaded a peaceful protest at Lekki toll gate on Tuesday evening, October 20, shooting at #EndSARS protesters in the process.
But the army who denied involvement in the Lekki shootings, later revealed that its officers were invited by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to enforce a curfew imposed on the state last Tuesday.
The Nigerian Army also defamed allegations that it shot at peaceful protesters, saying it only fired blanks into the air to disperse stone throwers.
