Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, has said his team has identified the barracks of the soldiers who opened fire on protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
It would be recalled that on Tuesday, soldiers opened fire on the protesters who blocked the toll gate while demanding an end to police brutality. The act that has generated national and global outrage.
Speaking when he featured on ARISE TV on Monday, Falana, who is chairman of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond, ASCAB, said the group has been able to trace the barracks where the soldiers came from.
“We have already identified the barracks where the soldiers left for Lekki, we have already identified the barracks,” Falana said.
“The President was likely to have been told, soldiers were ordered so I want to believe that’s why it was not addressed and they said it was a rumour but I think the facts are emerging now, that indeed soldiers went to Lekki, indeed they fired at protesters and indeed some of the protesters at least two have been officially acknowledged to have died from gunshot wounds.”
He said ASCAB would establish an independent panel of inquiry to investigate the October 20 shooting of protesters at Lekki toll plaza.
“ASCAB shall establish an Independent National Citizen’s Panel of Inquiry under a number of conditions Composition of the Citizen’s Panel of Inquiry shall comprise representatives of credible and identified organisations of the youth that took part in the #Endsars protest movement, including the Feminist Coalition, among others; representatives of credible and tested civil society organisations,” he said.
The Senior lawyer also accused the FG of having no respect for the rule of law.
