{"id":32365,"date":"2020-11-14T18:28:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T18:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32365"},"modified":"2020-11-14T18:28:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T18:28:16","slug":"we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army","title":{"rendered":"We have not been petitioned over shootings at Lekki \u2013 Nigerian Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Army has said that they have not received any formal petition over their alleged shooting of peaceful End SARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate on Oct. 20.<\/p>\n<p>The counsel for the Nigerian Army, Mr Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), made this known on Saturday when they appeared before the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses ad Other Matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must submit today that there is no allegation whatsoever against the Nigerian Army before this panel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge your lordship to discountenance any proposal that the testimony of the Nigerian Army should not be allowed because of a proposed petition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, for reasons known to most of us, the Nigerian Army could not give their testimony when they were summoned on the last adjourned date. It is a very respectable organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigerian Army is here again ready to testify, and they have set up their projector and is ready to discharge the summons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2 amp-wp-b6a507d\" data-amp-original-style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI repeat, as at six minutes to 11am today, no petition has been served against the Nigerian Army, if any petition has been served, we will respond,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria The Nigerian Army has said that they have not received any formal petition over their alleged shooting of peaceful End SARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate on Oct. 20. The counsel for the Nigerian Army, Mr Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), made this known on Saturday when they appeared before the Lagos Judicial Panel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":32074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1556,1554],"class_list":["post-32365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-endsars","tag-lekki"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We have not been petitioned over shootings at Lekki \u2013 Nigerian Army - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-NigeriaThe Nigerian Army has said that they have not received any formal petition over their alleged shooting of peaceful\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We have not been petitioned over shootings at Lekki \u2013 Nigerian Army\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-NigeriaThe Nigerian Army has said that they have not received any formal petition over their alleged shooting of peaceful\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-14T18:28:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Lekki-shooting.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"We have not been petitioned over shootings at Lekki \u2013 Nigerian Army\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-14T18:28:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Lekki-shooting.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"EndSars\",\"Lekki\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-have-not-been-petitioned-over-shootings-at-lekki-nigerian-army\",\"name\":\"We have not been petitioned over shootings at Lekki \u2013 Nigerian Army - 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