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Lagos Releases White Paper On EndSARS Panel Report
The Lagos State Government has released its White Paper on the report by the EndSARS judicial panel of inquiry.
The panel were constituted to probe the Lekki toll gate incident of October 20, 2020.
The Babajide Sanwo-Olu government rejected the panel’s report that nine persons were killed at the toll gate when soldiers stormed the protest ground to disperse the young protesters.
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In the White Paper, the Lagos Government accepted 11 out of the 32 recommendations made by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry in its Report of 15th November 2021.
One was rejected and six accepted with modifications while 14 recommendations fall outside the powers of Lagos State Government and will be forwarded to the Federal Government for consideration.