The Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shootings of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020 at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos has declined the request by the operators of the tollgate, Lekki Concession Company, to “take back possession” of the tollgate.The Chairman of the panel, retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, in a short
ruling on Tuesday, said the tollgate plaza would remain closed.
The judge said the panel might have a need to pay another visit to
the tollgate plaza after watching the video footage from a surveillance
camera submitted by the LCC on Tuesday.
Counsel for LCC, Rotimi Seriki, had urged the panel to allow the firm
“take possession” of the tollgate plaza to evaluate the level of damage
for the purpose insurance claims.
Seriki was reinforcing an earlier request at the proceeding by the
LCC Managing Director, Abayomi Omomuwa, who said save for last Friday
when he led the panel on a visit to the toll plaza, the place had been
inaccessible to LCC management.
Omomuwa said from what he saw during last Friday visit, the level of
damage was so much, it would take LCC not less than six months to fix
the tollgate plaza.
Omomuwa, who was answering a question on how soon the tollgate would
resume operation, said, “Any projection made here will just be
guesswork. When we went there that day, I saw the level of damage. The
whole tolling system is completely destroyed. It will not take anything
less than six months to fix.
Source: Punchng
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