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United States responds to #EndSARS report

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United States responds to #EndSARS report

 

The United States of America says she welcomes the final report by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other Matters.

The panel investigated among other issues the role played by the security agencies on the #EndSARS protest at Lekki Toll Gate.

The panel’s report was submitted in a brief ceremony at the Lagos State Government House, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos on Monday.

The report shows that 11 persons were “massacred”, four “missing and presumed dead” while 33 others sustained gunshot injuries as security agents forcefully tried to break the protest at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, on October 20, 2020.

Reacting, the U.S., in a statement by the US Mission Nigeria, on social media, said it was awaiting the response of both the Federal Government and Lagos State Government on the #EndSARS report.

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The statement read, “The United States welcomes the conclusion of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry with the transmission of its final report.

“We look forward to the Lagos State government’s response as part of a process that represents an important mechanism of accountability regarding the #EndSARS protests and the events that took place near the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020.

“Those events led to serious allegations against some members of the security forces, and we look forward to the Lagos State and federal governments taking suitable measures to address those alleged abuses as well as the grievances of the victims and their families.”

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