Forensic report confirms bullets that killed #EndSARS protesters came from soldiers

Findings by a forensic company, Sentinel Forensic Limited, have shown that live ammunition fired at #EndSARS protesters in Lekki Toll-Gate, Lagos were registered to the Nigerian Army .

In its testimony before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up for SARS related killings and Lekki Toll-Gate incident, the company’s representative, Joseph Kayode Funsho, said their findings confirmed claims that army personnel killed several protesters.

While the army had claimed that only blank bullets containing gunpowder were fired at the protest ground, the company told the panel that its findings also indicated that the blanks didn’t match records from the army, Vanguard reported.

The panel adjourned the hearing till Saturday, September 11.

Since the incident occured on October 20, 2020, there have been controversies surrounding the fatality figure and the presence of the soldiers.

The army admitted the presence of its personnel, but claimed that shots were only fired into the air to enforce curfew in the state.

In June, chief pathologist John Obafunwa who carried out an autopsy on 99 bodies said to be of slain #EndSARS protesters in Lagos, explained that three were confirmed to be from the Toll-Gate.

Meanwhile, the counsel to #EndSARS protesters, Yinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), during the cross examination opposed the claims that only three bodies were from the Lekki Toll-Gate.

“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 was quoted as saying.