The Nigerian Army has disbanded its legal team for the Lagos State Judicial Panel, effectively pulling out of the investigative hearing as more evidence resurfaces confirming that Nigerian soldiers shot at peaceful protesters last October.
S.N. Agwhe, a member of army counsel to the panel made the development known to the Judicial Panel on Saturday,
Agwhe had appeared before the panel on behalf of the army legal team, but revealed that the job of the army counsel finished on November 21.
“We do not have any further mandate to represent the army in any subsequent proceedings,” Agwhe told the panel.
He reminded the panel that Akinlolu Kehinde, head of the army legal team, had earlier submitted a memo notifying the panel of the decision.
The last hearing on January 23 was the third time in a row that the army and its counsel failed to appear before the panel.
The panel chairman Doris Okuwobi, a retired judge, however, warned that the army would not claim denial of fair hearing when the panel submits its findings to the government.
The Army’s withdrawal from the panel comes after Reddington Hospital testified to treating victims from the #EndSARS protest with bullet wounds on October 20, 21 and 22.
Petitioners had alleged that soldiers opened fire at peaceful protesters, killing and injuring several protesters, which led to the Army being summoned before the judicial panel of inquiry.
The Nigerian Army had reluctantly admitted being at the scene of the Lekki shootings after initial denials. still, it denied opening fire on the protesters, many of whom sat on the floor and were singing the national anthem.
The army however claims that officers were sent out to enforce a curfew that was imposed by the Lagos State Government but didn’t open fire on peaceful protesters.
Surely, this action is not in the interest of justice.
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reporting to which government?I hope she was not refering to bubu government because if she was talking about this govt nothing good will come out of this panel they should just disband every thing now
They’re through with the dirty work that Tinubu and Sanwo olu asked them to do, so it’s time to go home .
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Reddington testified?
A world with no more love.
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even if she submits her report and implicates the Nigeria army, nothing will come out of it. The Nigeria army won’t pay any compensation and the matter will just keep dragging like the confab report that was submitted since 2014 
The Nigeria army too may decide to implicate the Lagos State government by releasing evidence that the governor called them to the scene and even gave them instructions to use military power to clear the protesters from the toll gate
The New service chiefs should not start on this wrong footing!
Lol
Zoo soldiers
Tyranny…..
So bad
They have better and urgent work to do against insecurity…
truthfulparrot:
The New service chiefs should not start on this wrong footing!
They are all birds of a feather ..
Oga oooo
It is well
Na dem kill end SARS Protesters
Kkk
Everything wey Dem spread say e happen nah Wash..
Change of service chief, means reshuffling of all departments, including legal team
Omoh e be things
They have run out of lies.
Reddinton hospital come expose them further
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Failed
Imagine. These guys are sick
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