The Panel thus made the following key findings :
1. That the Nigerian Army was invited for intervention in the State and was deployed to
Lekki Toll Gate on the 20th of October 2020. At the Lekki Toll Gate, officers of the
Nigerian Army shot, injured and killed unarmed helpless and defenseless protesters,
without provocation or justification, while they were waving the Nigerian Flag and
singing the National Anthem and the manner of assault and killing could in context
be described as a massacre.
The Panel also found that the conduct of the Nigerian Army was exacerbated by its refusal
to allow ambulances render medical assistance to victims who required such assistance.
The Army was also found not to have adhered to its own Rules of Engagement.
2. The Panel found that the Nigerian Police Force deployed its officers to the Lekki Toll Gate
on the night of the 20th October, 2020 and between that night and the morning
of the 21st of October, 2020, its officer shot at, assaulted and battered unarmed protesters,
which led to injuries and deaths. The police officers also tried to cover up their actions by picking up bullets.
3. The panel found that LCC hampered the panel's investigation by refusing to turn over
some useful and vital information/evidence as requested by the Panel and the
Forensic Expert engaged by the panel, even where such information and evidence
was by the company's admission, available. It manipulated the incomplete CCTV
Video footage of the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of the 20th of October 2020, which
it tendered before the Panel.
4. The Panel found that there was an invitation of the Nigerian Army to Lagos State
made by the Lagos State Government through the Governor before the hierarchy of
the Nigerian Army deployed its soldiers to the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of the 20th
of October.
5. The Panel found that there was an attempt to cover up the Incident of the 20th of
October by the cleaning of the Lekki Toll Gate and the failure to preserve the scene
ahead of potential investigations.
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