Lagos State Government has released a white paper on the #EndSARS report, describing the panel’s conclusion that nine persons were shot dead at the Lekki tollgate as ”assumptions and speculations”
The government’s position was contained in a white paper on the panel’s report released in the late hours of Tuesday.
The panel had submitted its findings to the state government earlier this month after sitting for more than a year.
According to a report, the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disagreed with the judicial panel of enquiry and rejected its earlier submission that nine persons were killed at the Lekki Toll Gate when soldiers opened fire on protesters last year.
Grassroots.ng recalls that that panel in the earlier report said in the report the panel indicted the Nigerian Army and the Lagos State Government in the killing of unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate and the subsequent cover-up of the incident.
According to the report, at least nine #EndSARS protesters were killed at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020.
The report listed 48 names of those who were casualties of the Lekki incident on October 20, 2020.
Among the 48 casualties listed, 24 sustained gunshot injuries, while 15 others were assaulted by soldiers and Police.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor Gboyega Akoshile said out of the 32 recommendations made by the panel, government accepted 11, rejected one and accepted six with modifications.
“Fourteen recommendations fall outside the powers of the Lagos State Government and will be forwarded to the Federal Government for consideration. Let the healing begin,” he said.