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EndSARS: Buhari Government Rejects Lagos Panel EndSARS Report, Reveals Only Reason to Change Stand
The Federal Authorities has rejected the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate Capturing which had indicted the Nigerian Police and the army.
Press Informant remembers that the panel, which was inaugurated in October 2020, had final week, submitted its findings to the Lagos State Authorities, stating within the leaked report that a minimum of 9 individuals have been killed throughout the EndSARS protest at Lekki.
Buhari Authorities Rejects Lagos Panel EndSARS Report
Regardless of the report, the Minister of Info and Tradition, Mr Lai Mohammed on Tuesday, throughout a press convention, insisted that it was recycled pretend information.
Lai Mohammed said that for the Federal Authorities to vary its stand on the report, there have to be extra investigations.
In accordance with the Minister, the report which is at present in circulation was calculated to embarrass President Muhammadu Buhari’s authorities and its businesses “with out foolproof proof”.
He stated, “there may be completely nothing within the report that’s circulating to make us change our stand that there was no bloodbath at Lekki on Oct. twentieth, 2020. For us to vary our stand, a well-investigated report of the incident that meets all required requirements and can face up to each scrutiny have to be produced and offered to the general public.
“The report in circulation doesn’t meet these necessities. We additionally attraction to the households of these allegedly killed in Lekki to talk out.
“It’s untenable to say that some households didn’t come out as a result of they’re afraid. Any guardian who’s afraid to testify concerning the loss of life of his or her little one is just not price being known as a guardian.
“We reject the notion that our troopers and policemen massacred harmless Nigerians at Lekki on Oct. twentieth, 2020. That conclusion is just not supported by the burden of obtainable proof. Indictment for homicide is a really severe problem that can not be performed on the idea of allegations and corroborations, because the panel did. Such allegations have to be proved past an affordable doubt”.
