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The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses & Lekki Toll Gate Incident on Friday visited the Military Hospital at Ikoyi.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports a mild drama ensued for about 30 minutes as soldiers at the hospital tried to deny the panel access to inspect the facility.
One of the soldiers at the gate of the hospital told members of the panel and members of the press present during the inspection tour that, “if you do not leave now, it is going to get dirty”.
The chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi (Rtd.) had to retire to her car as other members of the panel continue to press the military personnel for access.
The military personnel eventually caved in and allowed members of the panel access into the facility.
According to Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a member of the panel, the panel decided to embark on the unscheduled visit to the hospital after receiving confidential information that certain events took place in the hospital on October 20, 2020 when the Lekki Toll Gate shooting happened.
“We are exercising our mandate on behalf of the Governor of Lagos State under the tribunal of inquiry laws.
“We have already inspected the Lekki toll gate today and we decided to pay an unscheduled visit to the mortuary of the Military Hospital because we have confidential information concerning certain events that took place in the hospital here.
“We have reasons to believe that the facility is relevant to our investigation. We don’t want to make any conclusions yet until we have access to that mortuary to inspect it.
“We have a pathologist with us who is here to help us conduct medical examination of bodies we may find in the mortuary,” he said.
However, after a brief tour of the facility members of the panel left without being granted access to the mortuary section of the hospital.