BY REUBEN ABATI
The rancor that occurred, Saturday, February 6, at the sitting of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry investigating the shootings and alleged killings at the Lekki Toll gate in Lagos in October 2020, in addition to reported cases of police brutality is most unfortunate and disturbing. It will be recalled that the clampdown on protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, the widespread mayhem that followed, in the shape of attacks on police men and police stations, the assault on warehouses where COVID-19 palliatives had been detained by unconscionable politicians, the attack on homes and businesses of both politicians and innocent persons, in general, the needless loss of lives – attracted mass outrage.
A group under the aegis of Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) has condemned the decision of the Lagos State Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS abuses to return possession of the Lekki Tollgate to the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) and has threatened to hold a fresh protest at the gate to begin by 7.am on Saturday, […]
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Some Nigerian youths have threatened to hold a fresh protest over the decision of the Lagos Judicial Panel to return the Lekki tollgate to its owners (LCC).
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate had, on Saturday, approved the reopening of the tollgate.
The decision was taken by the chairman of the panel, retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, and four other members of the panel.
The chairman was backed by Segun Awosanya (popularly known as Segalink), Oluwatoyin Odusanya (Director, Citizens Rights), DIG Taiwo Lakanu (retd.) (representing the police), and Lucas Koyejo (from the National Human Rights Commission).
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State and Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mr Gboyega Akosile, have urged residents of the state to disregard calls for the planned protest by some individuals, slated for Saturday, February 13, 2020, against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate in the state shut in the wake of #EndSARS protest.