The Judicial Panel set up by the Lagos State Government
to probe alleged cases of police brutality in the state played back
the closed-circuit TV footage from the October 20 Lekki shooting at
its meeting on Friday.
The panel had obtained the footage of the incident from the
Lekki Concession Company (LCC) at its last sitting.
The Chairperson of the panel, retired Justice Doris Okwuobi
granted approval for the footage to be played after hearing from
the counsel.
The video was played for about four hours after which the
counsel to the #EndSARS protesters, Mr. Adeshina Ogunlana,
requested the footage for further viewing.
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This was opposed by the counsel to the government, Abiodun
Owonikoko.
Justice Okwuobi, however, overruled Mr. Owonikoko and gave Mr.
Ogunlana 48 hours to view the footage.
Earlier, Mr. Ogunlana’s appearance had been objected to by the
opposing counsel on the grounds that the #EndSARS protesters were
not recognised by law.
After a prolonged argument, Mr. Ogunlana presented three ladies
as representatives of the #EndSARS protesters.
The panel chairperson, Justice Okwuobi, then ruled that Mr
Ogunlana could represent the protesters.
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