Adefioye Iyunade
A lawyer, Adesina Ogunlana, has asked the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality to summon Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, for discovering a ‘hidden’ camera at the Lekki Toll Gate after the October 20 attack by soldiers on peaceful protesters.
Ogunlana made the request on Friday while cross-examining Mr Abayomi Omomuwa, Managing Director of Lekki Concession Company.
He appealed to the panel led by Justice Doris Okuwobi (retired) to call the minister to appear before the panel, stating that the camera found by the minister could be useful in the ongoing investigation.
Responding, Justice Okuwobi said Ogunlana must follow the proper procedure before Fashola could be summoned by the panel.
Fashola in company with Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and some South-West governors “discovered” a solitary un-burnt camera resting on the ruins of the damaged toll gate.
Fashola said the camera must have been planted by “some subversive elements”.
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He picked up the device with a handkerchief and handed it over to Sanwo-Olu.
He said, “I think this will help with the ongoing investigations into the shootings at the Lekki Toll Gate. It requires forensic analysis and could be used in the investigations to unravel the mystery surrounding the shootings at the toll gate, I believe.”
Meanwhile, the Managing Director, Lekki Concession Company, operator of the Lekki tollgate, Abayomi Omomuwa, says he cannot tell how much the LCC lost when the tollgate was occupied by #EndSARS protesters in October.
On whether he was happy about the occupation of the tollgate by protesters leading to loss of revenue for the firm, Omomuwa said he was indifferent.
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The LCC MD said this while being cross-examined by a counsel for some #EndSARS protesters, Mr Adesina Ogunlana, before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shooting and killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers on the night of October 20 at the Lekki tollgate.
When asked by Ogunlana if the LCC lost revenue to the tollgate occupation by protesters, Omomuwa said, “I believe that is the business of the company, not something to discuss in public.”
But when further pressed by Ogunlana, Omomuwa said, “It is obvious, when toll is not collected, revenue is lost?”
But when Ogunlana asked, “How much did the company lose?” Omomuwa replied, “I don’t know.”
Asked if he reported the occupation of the tollgate by the #EndSARS protesters to the Lagos State Government, Omomuwa said he does not report to the Lagos State Government, he only reports to the LCC Board of Directors.
He told the panel that the tollgate was owned by private investors until 2014 when the Lagos State Government acquired it 100 per cent.
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