Drama As Soldiers Stop Lagos Judicial Panel From Mortuary

By Emmanuel Adigwe

There was some confusion on Friday as soldiers manning the gate at the Military Hospital in Ikoyi prevented the Lagos judicial panel on #EndSARS from assessing the hospital’s mortuary.

The panel had visited the Military hospital as part of its investigation into the claim that shooting at the Lekki tollgate where it was alleged that some protesters died.

According to some witnesses, the military took away the corpses of those killed.

The panel was initially resisted from entering the hospital.

A member of the panel, Ebun Adegboruwa, (SAN) had told the soldiers who prevented them from entering that the panel had had intelligence that might be useful in 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.”

He, however, stated that the panel does not have evidence that there the bodies of the #EndSARS protesters at the tollgate was in the hospital but it was at the facility to verify the claim.

The team was, however, subsequently later given access to the facility.

GWG got reactions from some Nigerians on social media on the development as many expressed concern as to why the soldiers initially obstructed the panel.

Here are some views below:

Dann_essy 20:10:2020@Dann_10 wrote: “Dem no allow the panel members inspect the morgue. The military guys were not just comfortable with the impromptu visitation. Na so dem tell everybody to leave, then dem lock their gate..”

GRAND UNCLE (not by Affidavit)ADEBIYI ademola@lanredemola wrote: “They are not likely to find anything there.”

Mathew Oyedele@mathew_oyedele wrote: “Arise TV is saying there’s a 30 minutes pushback from the Nigerian military to prevent the Judicial Panel of Inquiry from entering their premises. What could have happened within that time?’

CallmeEromosele@Ero_mosele wrote: “They took a 30mins ‘Break’ Then suddenly showed when the retired judge(head of the panel) was leaving. The military did not grant any interview nor any access for correspondents to check the morgue. “

Chinedu Omeje,Comrade @capo_bbg wrote: “Are we really in civil and democratic leadership? Shame!”

AyoOlamide @Ayoolamide84 wrote: “They killed a lot of people… They are hiding the corpses”

Buhari #EndSARS Stop being a bad boy@tee_gee__ wrote: “They actually use the 30mins pushback to clean their dirty ass hospital because those guys they shoot at Lekki Toll is there.”

Fola #ENDSARS@Folawealthh wrote: “Even if they had those corpses, they’d have disposed them…they aren’t that dumb!”

Chris Dion@IamChrisDion1 wrote: “they have a plan, they have no right to prevent them from entering.”

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