{"id":53650,"date":"2021-11-19T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T16:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=53650"},"modified":"2021-11-19T17:16:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T16:16:38","slug":"lekki-massacre-govt-lawyer-faults-panel-for-making-findings-public-says-report-not-accurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lekki-massacre-govt-lawyer-faults-panel-for-making-findings-public-says-report-not-accurate","title":{"rendered":"Lekki massacre: Govt lawyer faults panel for making findings public, says report not accurate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Lagos State Government\u2019s lawyer, Abiodun Owonikoko, SAN, has blamed the panel for making its findings, recommendations and conclusions public.<\/p>\n

While claiming that there are at least 40 discrepancies in the report, Owonikoko also said that the content of the report is not completely accurate<\/p>\n

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Owonikoko, who represented the state during the year-long sitting of the investigative EndSARS judicial panel, said this when he appeared on Arise TV on Thursday.<\/p>\n

As DAILY POST reported earlier, Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel on Monday, November 15 submitted its report to the Lagos State Government.<\/p>\n

Recall that the panel had in its findings revealed that police and soldiers of the Nigerian Army intentionally killed and maimed or assaulted at least 48 protesting unarmed youths at the scene.<\/p>\n

Also, the 309-page report titled, \u2018Report of Lekki Incident Investigation Of 20th October 2020, indicated that there was a \u201cmassacre in context\u201d at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

Also indicted in the report are Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Lekki Concession Company.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy law, the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the panel were not supposed to be made public. The report making rounds on social media is a draft of a minority opinion because I was there all through the proceedings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am particularly shocked to read what is contained in the report because it is not completely accurate. I sighted over 40 discrepancies in this report, including awarding N15 million to someone who was a witness to a police brutality incident that had nothing to do with the Lekki incident. What kind of report is that?<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the evidence we were able to gather during the proceedings, none of them could be fully established.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mistake made by the government was not setting up an entirely different panel to look into the Lekki incident because there are some members of the panel that are protagonists in the case against the Police. They were not supposed to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Lagos State Government\u2019s lawyer, Abiodun Owonikoko, SAN, has blamed the panel for making its findings, recommendations and conclusions public. 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