….Army submits Affidavit Says Blank Bullet Fired
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality failed to sit on Saturday after youth representatives refused to show up for sitting thereby making it impossible to form a quorum.
Chairman of the panel and retired Chief Judge of Lagos, Justice Doris Okuwobi confirmed their absence.
Their absence may not be unconnected to the freezing of the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests by the CBN.
According to a court document obtained by Channels Television, Rinu Oduala, a member of the panel was one of those affected.
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The court order directed the affected banks to freeze all transactions on the accounts for a period of 180 days pending the outcome of an investigation currently being conducted by the CBN.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has submitted an affidavit to the Lagos State Judicial Panel on police brutality set up by the state government to probe the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20.
Brigadier General Ibrahim Taiwo, representing the army authorities had been summoned and was already seated.
In the statement already before the panel, he confirmed that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos had requested the intervention of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai to suppress the already brewing violence within some parts of the state.
According to the affidavit, Lieutenant Colonel Salisu Ovada Bello, the Commander of the 65 Battalion was at the Lekki Tollgate and had fired blank bullets into the air in order to disperse the protesters.
The commander explained that no one had died, adding that only two people fainted.
The affidavit also explained that Brigadier General Francis Omata, who was also at the Lekki tollgate, confirmed later that evening that there were no fatalities.
