• Advertise
  • Opinion
  • Features & Interviews
  • Investigation
  • Contact
Monday, May 16, 2022
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Lagos Today
  • Home
  • News
    • Lagos News
    • National News
    • World News
  • Entertainment⚡ by CRAWL
    • All
    • Art & Design
    • Books
    • Movie
    • Music
    • Sports
    Veteran Nigerian Actor, Gbenga Richards Is Dead

    Veteran Nigerian Actor, Gbenga Richards Is Dead

    AGN To Contact Genevieve Nnaji Amid Rumoured Mental Illness

    AGN To Contact Genevieve Nnaji Amid Rumoured Mental Illness

    I Enjoy Inner Peace Being Engaged To Mr Eazi – Temi Otedola

    I Enjoy Inner Peace Being Engaged To Mr Eazi – Temi Otedola

    Legendary Musician, Orlando Julius Dies in the Arms of Wife

    Legendary Musician, Orlando Julius Dies in the Arms of Wife

    Singer, Mr Eazi, Proposes To Femi Otedola’s Daughter, Temi

    Singer, Mr Eazi, Proposes To Femi Otedola’s Daughter, Temi

    WurlD, Lady Donli, Pretty Boy D-O, & More to Headline First Ever Alte Culture Festival in Lagos

    WurlD, Lady Donli, Pretty Boy D-O, & More to Headline First Ever Alte Culture Festival in Lagos

    Cubana Chief Priest Arrested By EFCC Over Fraud Few Weeks After Obi Cubana’s Arrest

    Cubana Chief Priest Arrested By EFCC Over Fraud Few Weeks After Obi Cubana’s Arrest

    FIFA Bans Abuja MKO Abiola Stadium From Hosting Int’l Matches

    FIFA Bans Abuja MKO Abiola Stadium From Hosting Int’l Matches

    BREAKING: Nigeria Crashes Out Of World Cup Qualifier After 1-1 Draw With Ghana

    BREAKING: Nigeria Crashes Out Of World Cup Qualifier After 1-1 Draw With Ghana

    World Cup Playoffs: Super Eagles Hold Black Stars To Goalless Draw

    World Cup Playoffs: Super Eagles Hold Black Stars To Goalless Draw

  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Features & Interviews
  • Best Of Lagos
    Exploring Lagos’ Gastronomy With Chef Priyank Singh of Hard Rock Cafe

    Exploring Lagos’ Gastronomy With Chef Priyank Singh of Hard Rock Cafe

    Olu Oyinsan- Saying Yes To Founders At The Early Stage

    Olu Oyinsan- Saying Yes To Founders At The Early Stage

    A Rare Hobby: Sports Fishing In Lagos

    A Rare Hobby: Sports Fishing In Lagos

    Chef Nkesi- Experiencing Different Cultures Through Food

    Chef Nkesi- Experiencing Different Cultures Through Food

    Wumi Jubril: Creating Memorable Experiences

    Wumi Jubril: Creating Memorable Experiences

    Nordic hotel

    Nordic Hotel Makes Grand Debut in Lagos

    Bookstores in Lagos

    Love Reading? See The Best Bookstores In Lagos

    Event Centre

    Event Centres in Lagos

    Lounges and bars in Lagos? Here are five exciting spots to try out

    Lounges and bars in Lagos? Here are five exciting spots to try out

  • Things To Do
  • Home
  • News
    • Lagos News
    • National News
    • World News
  • Entertainment⚡ by CRAWL
    • All
    • Art & Design
    • Books
    • Movie
    • Music
    • Sports
    Veteran Nigerian Actor, Gbenga Richards Is Dead

    Veteran Nigerian Actor, Gbenga Richards Is Dead

    AGN To Contact Genevieve Nnaji Amid Rumoured Mental Illness

    AGN To Contact Genevieve Nnaji Amid Rumoured Mental Illness

    I Enjoy Inner Peace Being Engaged To Mr Eazi – Temi Otedola

    I Enjoy Inner Peace Being Engaged To Mr Eazi – Temi Otedola

    Legendary Musician, Orlando Julius Dies in the Arms of Wife

    Legendary Musician, Orlando Julius Dies in the Arms of Wife

    Singer, Mr Eazi, Proposes To Femi Otedola’s Daughter, Temi

    Singer, Mr Eazi, Proposes To Femi Otedola’s Daughter, Temi

    WurlD, Lady Donli, Pretty Boy D-O, & More to Headline First Ever Alte Culture Festival in Lagos

    WurlD, Lady Donli, Pretty Boy D-O, & More to Headline First Ever Alte Culture Festival in Lagos

    Cubana Chief Priest Arrested By EFCC Over Fraud Few Weeks After Obi Cubana’s Arrest

    Cubana Chief Priest Arrested By EFCC Over Fraud Few Weeks After Obi Cubana’s Arrest

    FIFA Bans Abuja MKO Abiola Stadium From Hosting Int’l Matches

    FIFA Bans Abuja MKO Abiola Stadium From Hosting Int’l Matches

    BREAKING: Nigeria Crashes Out Of World Cup Qualifier After 1-1 Draw With Ghana

    BREAKING: Nigeria Crashes Out Of World Cup Qualifier After 1-1 Draw With Ghana

    World Cup Playoffs: Super Eagles Hold Black Stars To Goalless Draw

    World Cup Playoffs: Super Eagles Hold Black Stars To Goalless Draw

  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Features & Interviews
  • Best Of Lagos
    Exploring Lagos’ Gastronomy With Chef Priyank Singh of Hard Rock Cafe

    Exploring Lagos’ Gastronomy With Chef Priyank Singh of Hard Rock Cafe

    Olu Oyinsan- Saying Yes To Founders At The Early Stage

    Olu Oyinsan- Saying Yes To Founders At The Early Stage

    A Rare Hobby: Sports Fishing In Lagos

    A Rare Hobby: Sports Fishing In Lagos

    Chef Nkesi- Experiencing Different Cultures Through Food

    Chef Nkesi- Experiencing Different Cultures Through Food

    Wumi Jubril: Creating Memorable Experiences

    Wumi Jubril: Creating Memorable Experiences

    Nordic hotel

    Nordic Hotel Makes Grand Debut in Lagos

    Bookstores in Lagos

    Love Reading? See The Best Bookstores In Lagos

    Event Centre

    Event Centres in Lagos

    Lounges and bars in Lagos? Here are five exciting spots to try out

    Lounges and bars in Lagos? Here are five exciting spots to try out

  • Things To Do
No Result
View All Result
The Lagos Today
No Result
View All Result
Home Lagos News

#EndSARS: Lagos Panel Admits Autopsy of 99 Corpses Killed During Protests

by Segun Adewunmi
July 12, 2021
in Lagos News, Headlines
3 min read
0
0
#EndSARS: Lawyers Ask Court to Dissolve Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Autopsy reports of 99 persons reportedly killed in Lagos during last year’s #EndSARS protests were Saturday admitted in evidence by the state’s judicial panel of inquiry.

The panel chaired by Doris Okuwobi also admitted compact discs of all the 99 bodies deposited at the morgues in the state, between October 20 and 27, 2020.

The Chief Pathologist of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), John Obafunwa, who testified before the panel submitted the reports following an order on June 5 for the post mortem results of all the 99 corpses to be made available.

The documents were contained in two bags.

During the cross-examination, Olumide Olumide-Fusika, legal counsel to some of the protesters, noted that Mr Obafunwa disclosed that the bodies were recovered from different parts of Lagos at the time.

“I want to prove to this panel that the claim that only three dead bodies were brought in from Lekki is not true,” Mr Olumide-Fusika said.

During his testimony in June, Mr Obafunwa, a professor of Medicine, and the Head of the Department of Morbid Anatomy at the Lagos University College of Medicine, said at least 99 persons were killed during the #EndSARS protests.

He added that three persons were killed in Lekki when soldiers opened fire on unarmed protesters at the toll plaza on October 20, 2020.

The remaining bodies were received from other parts of the state including Surulere, Ikorodu, Ajah, Fagba, among others, Mr Obafunwa said.

Mrs Okuwobi adjourned the matter until July 13.

There has been a controversy around the casualty figures of the Lekki tollgate shooting since the incident occurred last year.

Recall that, on October 20, men in military uniform arrived at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos in three Toyota Hilux vans and almost immediately began shooting into a crowd of peaceful protesters gathered there waving the Nigerian green-and-white flag and reciting the national anthem.

The protesters, mostly youth, were protesting police brutality and asking for reforms in governance.

The army which initially denied shooting at the protesters, later admitted that its men carried live bullets that night but only to tackle armed hoodlums who had hijacked the protests.

Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, told the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Lekki Tollgate incident then that the army went to the tollgate “with both blank and live ammunition”.

The official also fell short of saying his men fired live shots at Nigerians on their way “to clear the Lekki, Eti-Osa corridor”.

After the incident and the outcry it generated, the federal government disbanded the notorious SARS unit known for human rights abuses and asked states to set up panels of enquiry into cases of human rights abuses by the police.

Most of the panels are concluding their work which are expected to be submitted to the federal government.

Follow us on social media
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...
Tags: #EndSARS#EndSARS ProtestAutopsyLagos Panel of enquiryLekki ShootingLekki Tollgate Shooting
Previous Post

FG Shuns Tax Relief Applications From Flutterwave, Flour Mills, Others

Next Post

CBN Unveils Regulatory Framework For Mobile Money Services

Segun Adewunmi

Segun Adewunmi

Related Posts

LASG To Clamp Down On Street Traders

LASG To Clamp Down On Street Traders

by Idonosan Debe
May 16, 2022
0

The Lagos State Government on Sunday said serious steps were being taken to address street trading and other vices in...

Passengers Will Have To Provide Their NIN Before Purchasing Tickets- NRC

Abuja-Kaduna Train Abduction: Negotiations Deadlocked, FG To Seek Foreign Assistance

by Segun Adewunmi
May 16, 2022
0

There are indications that negotiations between the Federal Government and the abductors of no fewer than 68 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers...

Next Post
CBN reduces MPC rate from 13.5% to 12.5% over Coronavirus

CBN Unveils Regulatory Framework For Mobile Money Services

Please login to join discussion

Recommended

Petrol Ex-depot Price Now N138.62 – PPMC

Petrol Ex-depot Price Now N138.62 – PPMC

2 years ago
Outrage as Nigerians Call out Lagos Task Force over Death of Young Journalist

Outrage as Nigerians Call out Lagos Task Force over Death of Young Journalist

2 years ago

Popular News

    Newsletter

    Connect with us

    Tags

    #EndSARS #EndSARS Protests 2023 Elections 2023 polls 2023 Presidency ACCIDENT APC Babajide Sanwo-Olu Bitcoin CBN Central Bank of NIgeria China Coronavirus pandemic Covid-19 Covid-19 in Lagos Covid-19 in Nigeria Covid-19 Vaccine Covid-19 Worldwide Cryptocurrency Donald Trump Dubai EFCC Federal Government Federal Government of Nigeria Fraud Gov. Sanwo-Olu Insecurity Lagos state Lagos State Government Lagos State Police command LASEMA Latest jobs in lagos Lekki Lekki Tollgate Shooting Muhammadu Buhari Murder NDLEA Nigeria Rape Russia SARS Strike action UK United states US

    News

    • Business
    • National
    • Politics
    • Tech

    Opinion

    • Editorials
    • Today’s Opinion
    • Letters
    • Sunday Review
    • Advertise
    • Opinion
    • Features & Interviews
    • Investigation
    • Contact

    © 2020 The Lagos Today - Nkali.

    No Result
    View All Result
    • Home
    • News
      • Lagos News
      • National News
      • World News
    • Entertainment
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Features & Interviews
    • Best Of Lagos
    • Things To Do

    © 2020 The Lagos Today - Nkali.

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Create New Account!

    Fill the forms bellow to register

    All fields are required. Log In

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In
    %d bloggers like this: