Lagos #EndSARS panel divided on reopening of Lekki toll gate

 

The Lagos State judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters was on Saturday divided as members failed to agree on the reopening of the Lekki toll gate.

While five members of the panel sat over the application of the toll operators Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to repossess the toll plaza and listened to submissions from the LCC, Lagos State Government and EndSARS protesters counsels, four members of the panel abstained and later presented a dissenting judgment.

The four dissenting members were Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa, Olorunrinu Oduala, Temitope Majekodunmi and Patience Patrick Udoh, while those in favour of reopening the toll gate were Justice Doris Okuwobi (Rtd), chairman of the panel; Taiwo Lakanu DIG (Rtd.), Lucas Koyejo, Segun Awosanya and Oluwatoyin Odusanya.

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The action of the four dissenting panel members were disputed by Mr. Rotimi Seriki (SAN), counsel to LCC and Mr. Olukayode Enitan (SAN), counsel to the Lagos State Government, who prevented Mr. Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa from reading his personal dissenting judgment as they accused him of being an interested party in the matter, having sued the Lagos State Government over the Lekki toll gate plaza in the past.

Their argument made Olu-Adegboruwa to step down from reading his dissenting opinion.

The action of the dissenting panel members, Daily Trust reports, made the panel to adjourn all other cases slated for mention on Saturday.