The Military authority has denied members of the Judicial panel, set up by the Lagos state government to investigate police brutality and the Lekki shooting of October 20, access to the military hospital, Ikoyi.
A member of the panel, Mr. Ebun Adegboruwa, SAN, said the panel got an impromptu confidential information that facility at the hospital may be relevant to its investigation.
He said the panel is interested in visiting the morgue to assess bodies in the facility.
“We are exercising our mandate on behalf of the governor of Lagos State under the tribunal of inquiry laws.
“We have already inspected the Lekki toll gate today and we decided to pay an unscheduled visit to the mortuary of the Military Hospital because we have confidential information concerning certain events that took place in the hospital here.
“We are waiting for them to grant us access to inspect the mortuary because we have reasons to believe that that facility is relevant to our investigation,” he said
The panel, which came with a pathologist was denied access to the facility for more than 30 minutes.
Recall that security agents in military uniforms, were seen shooting at Lekki Toll gate plaza, one of the venues of #ENDSARS protest in the state.
There are allegations that some protesters were killed during the shooting and their bodies evacuated by the military.
The Military has denied this allegation.
