The Lagos State judicial panel set up to investigate the incident that occurred at the Lekki toll-gate on 20th October 2020 during the #EndSARS protests, has recommended that the Lekki toll-gate be renamed to #ENDSARS toll-gate.
The panel also recommended that October 20th of every year be made a toll-free day in memory of all those who lost their lives or those who were left injured on that night.
On 20th October 2020, officers of the Nigerian Army together with the Nigerian Police Force were deployed to the Lekki toll-gate and fired live ammunition at peaceful protesters who were protesting against police brutality despite seeing them waving the Nigerian flag and singing the National Anthem.
The panel reported that police officers from the nearby Maroko Police Station were instructed to enforce a carelessly declared curfew and to forcibly disassemble the protesters at the venue of the tollgate.
Meanwhile, after one year since the incident occurred, the panel in its 309-page report that was submitted to Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, November 15, 2021, recommends that the “Lekki Toll-gate Plaza be made a memorial site for END SARS Protest by renaming it to ‘END SARS TOLLGATE’.”
The panel also recommends that “October 20th of every year is made a “Toll-Free Day” at the Lekki Toll Gate as long as the tollgate exists.”
“That Oct 20th of every year be made EndSARS Day nationally for the remembrance of our falling youth.”
“That for restitution, healing, and reconciliation, the federal government needs to publicly apologize to the youth for abruptly undermining the protest with their state actors.”
In addition, the panel recorded that 11 persons were killed while about 24 others sustained gunshot injuries.
See the report:
Thank you for taking your time in reading through our Journal Today. We wish to always provide you with qualitative Stories as far as GOOD-JOURNALISM is CONCERN. But good journalism costs a lot of money and only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, accountability democracy, and a transparent government.
For continued free access to the best investigative journalism, we ask you to consider subscribing to our daily news updates.
