Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says hoodlums were possibly involved in the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate.
The PUNCH reports that men in military uniform shot at #EndSARS protesters at Lekki plaza on Tuesday, October 20.
Though both the state and federal governments are yet to give any official figures of casualties, Amnesty International claimed that at least 10 persons were killed.
According to the Nigerian Army, its men were invited to restore order after the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, imposed a curfew on the state.
Speaking with journalists, Malami explained that an investigation is ongoing to identify those that shot and whether the shooting took place.
He cautioned that people should not be “pre-emptive” that there had been a shooting.
“You cannot rule out the possibility of perhaps hoodlums that set in to create a scene… could equally partake in the process,” Malami was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, the Lekki Concession Company, operators of the Lekki toll gate, has submitted video footage recorded by its surveillance camera on the night of October 20, 2020, when soldiers allegedly opened fire on #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate.
The Managing Director of LCC, Abayomi Omomuwa, submitted the video footage on Tuesday to the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government to probe the Lekki shootings as well as complaints of human rights abuses against members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
Tendering the video footage to the panel, Omomuwa said, “I can confirm that inside here is the video footage that our surveillance camera was able to record for the 20th of October.”
Explaining why the camera stopped working, Omomuwa said, “The major cause is because of network.”
“I can confirm categorically we never, ever, tampered with the surveillance camera. That is why we can get the footage.
“It remained there until about 8pm when it was tampered with and we couldn’t get anything.”
The panel had last week paid an unscheduled visit to the Lekki toll gate as well as the military hospital in the Ikoyi area of Lagos.
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