Human Rights & FreedomLaw & Justice#EndSARS: Panel Report Riddled With Discrepancies – Lai Mohammed

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ABUJA  — Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture has described the report by the Lagos judicial panel as a reappraisal of the unverified fake news

According to him, the report submitted by the panel set up to probe police brutality and the shooting at the Lekki tollgate is riddled with discrepancies.

The report which said the incident at Lekki Toll Gate was a “killing of unarmed protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020 and could be described in the context of a massacre” had been submitted by the panel last week.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed said the findings of the panel were not backed up with facts.

“Without mincing words, let me say that never in the history of any Judicial Panel in this country has its report been riddled with so many errors, inconsistencies, discrepancies, speculations, innuendoes, omissions and conclusions that are not supported by evidence.

“What is circulating in public space is simply a rehash of the unverified fake news that has been playing on social media since the incident of October 20, 2020.

“It is simply incredible that a Judicial Panel set up to investigate an incident has submitted a report laden with allegations, the same allegations it was set up to investigate in the first instance.

“Instead of sitting for all of one year, the panel could have just compiled social media ‘tales by the moonlight’ on the incident and submitted, saving taxpayers’ funds and everyone’s time.

“That report is nothing but the triumph of fake news and the intimidation of a silent majority by a vociferous lynch mob.

“The report of the panel in circulation cannot be relied upon because its authenticity is in doubt. There is absolutely nothing in the report, circulating, to change our mind that there was a massacre at the Lekki tollgate.

“The report in circulation is calculated to embarrass the Federal Government and its agencies without foolproof evidence.

“The federal government has never condoned the abuse of the rights of Nigerians by security agencies under any guise, hence it disbanded SARS,” he said.

Beloved John (Staff Writer)

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