#LekkiShooting: Soldiers Prevent Judicial Panel From Entering Military Hospital In Ikoyi

Members of the Lagos State judicial panel of inquiry on SARS abuses and Lekki toll gate shootings were on Friday denied access to the military hospital in Ikoyi.

The panel was on an inspection tour of some locations identified to be relevant to their task but were denied access to the military hospital upon arrival.

The panel is investigating cases of police brutality and the Lekki toll gate shooting of October 20, 2020, and were understood to have visited the hospital to inspect the mortuary.

Soldiers deny Judicial Panel of Inquiry and members of the press access to the Military Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos. This is another stop on the Judicial Panel’s tour of sites crucial to their investigation. pic.twitter.com/fzNQbayZ56

— ARISE News Feed (@ARISEtv) October 30, 2020

Earlier on Friday, the panel had discovered some bullet shells during their inspection visit to the Lekki toll gate plaza itself.