The Medical Director of Grandville Trauma Centre, Aranmolate Ayobami, said his facility treated 15 victims of the Lekki Tollgate shootings of last October 20 in Lagos.
Ayobami told the Lagos State Judicial panel probing police brutality and the Lekki tollgate incident that the patients were transferred from three hospitals in Lekki with gunshot wounds.
He said the 15 patients comprised four referrals from Vedic life Healthcare, seven referrals from Reddington hospital and two from Doreen hospital.
No fewer than 14 petitioners have accused the army of shooting several protesters dead and injuring several.
The army, which entered a defence denying the allegation, failed to honour subsequent summons requiring it respond to further questions by petitioners.
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#EndSARS: We treated 15 victims of Lekki Shooting – Surgeon
Mr Ayobami said the hospital recorded no deaths as all the 15 patients brought in were subsequently discharged. 2 min read
The medical director of Grandville Trauma Centre, Aranmolate Ayobami, has told the Lagos Judicial Panel that the hospital treated 15 patients who suffered gunshot injuries during the October 20, 2020, Lekki shooting incident.
Mr Ayobami, who is also a surgeon at the hospital, said a total number of 15 patients presented at the facility, were all transferred from other hospitals in Lagos.
The panel members
Mr Ayobami appeared before the panel on Saturday based on a summons issued to Grandville Trauma Centre to give account of their encounter with protesters from the Lekki incident.