Soldiers Stop Lagos Judicial Panel From Accessing Military Mortuary
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Soldiers Stop Lagos Judicial Panel From Accessing Military Mortuary

Soldiers Stop Lagos Judicial Panel From Accessing Military Mortuary
Soldiers Stop Lagos Judicial Panel From Accessing Military Mortuary

Soldiers manning the gate at the Military Hospital in Ikoyi have stopped the Lagos judicial panel on #EndSARS from accessing the hospital’s mortuary.
The panel, unannounced, on Friday went to the hospital on investigation into the shooting at Lekki tollgate where 15 protesters were reportedly killed.

Some witnesses of the Lekki shooting accused the military of taking away the bodies of those killed in the incident.

The panel met resistance as it got to the gate of the hospital.

Ebun Adegboruwa, a member of the panel, told the soldiers, who stopped them at the gate, that the panel came to the hospital because it had intelligence that might help with its investigation.

“The facility is relevant to our investigation. We have a pathologist. We are here on the authority of the president, not only the governor,” he said.

“We are following dues process, and it is important we visit the mortuary as it will help our findings.

If we are not allowed access, we will go back and take other actions. We won’t force ourselves in.

We have confidential information that the military hospital here is relevant in the investigation of the Lekki event. We heard this hospital is controlled by 65 battalion, and under the 81 division. We are also taking steps to reach military authorities.”

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