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FreeStuffsNG:
v) - The panel was silent on the family members of those reportedly killed, merely insinuating they were afraid to testify. Even goats have owners who will look for them if they do not return home, not to talk of human beings. Where are the family members
of those who were reportedly killed at Lekki Toll Gate? If the panel is recommending compensation for the families, what are their identities and addresses? Who will receive the compensations when no family members have shown up to date?

vi) - How did a man who reported seeing the lifeless body of his brother himself ended up being on the list of the panel's deceased persons?

vii) - How can a Judicial Panel convince anyone that the names of some casualties of the Lekki Toll Gate incident listed as numbers 3 (Jide), 42 (Tola) and 43 (Wisdom) are not fictitious names.

These are serious issues arising from the falsehoods inserted into the Lekkilies EndSars report.
If Ebun Adegboruwa, or any other member of the panel or petitioner , is unable to clarify and provide answers to these posers,they should be arrested and prosecuted for lying on oath.
All the enemies of Nigeria will lose las las. They always lose. God bless Nigeria.

Should this man not be the man asking questions:
1. Why did LCC not capture everything that happened there?
2. Why were the soldiers that were there that night not at the panel to testify?
3. What were soldiers (as per testimony of the soldiers that appeared) doing with live bullets at Lekki, when protests were never violent at that axis?
4. Why were ambulances (should be a government service) prevented from entering an area where emergency calls emanated from?

I didn't expect him to say anything better.

God bless you Lai Mohamed for a job well done!

Now over to you folks who love insulting Lai Mohammed and the FG without any logical reasons:

Can you in your right sense and good conscience deny that most of the points Lai Mohamed make here; the errors and inconsistencies he identified in the so called Endsars panel report are not true?

Now, proof to me that you are insincere and an hypocrite by denying the obvious fact just because it doesn't align with your cherished sentiment!

Ogun kill lai Muhammed and the FGN together!

Ogun kill Fashola and Sanwo-olu together, cos they're both perpetrators.

Ogun kill Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Ogun kill all of una together!

Seun360:
Nigerians just love following bandwagon, the man made some salient points here that are begging for answers.

Should this man not be the man asking questions:
1. Why did LCC not capture everything that happened there?
2. Why were the soldiers that were there that night not at the panel to testify?
3. What were soldiers (as per testimony of the soldiers that appeared) doing with live bullets at Lekki, when protests were never violent at that axis?
4. Why were ambulances (should be a government service) prevented from entering an area where emergency calls emanated from?

The boy is evil. Oloriburuku Pataki.

Meanwhile, the same Nigeria armed forces is currently burning whole communities in Imo state after killing and maiming innocent civilians.

Reality is that northern soldiers in the armed forces fight Jihad each time they are drafted to the south to quell civil insurrection.

Racoon:
White paper is yet to be issued but the government is already convulsing with wicked lies, prejudice, subterfuge and demonization of a judicial panel of enquiry all in desperation to cover a heinous crime of killing its own citizens using instruments of the state that is well known to the whole world.Tueh!

Lai Mohammed said the Report is full of innuendos, speculations, inconsistencies, not supported by evidence.
This senseless part of his document throws one off from reading further.

Underground Jihad in Nigeria by use of the armed forces is going on in Nigeria.
That explains the reason why soldiers from the north open fire on innocent civilians in the south.

This is what we are expecting.we are use to his lies so unto the next chapter of lies

zeusdgrt:
This man children go don tire,I wonder when he lives office how will he face the society?

This ones no get shame o

Has the Lagos state govt handed the report over to Lai Mohammed to peruse or is he speaking on the strength of the so-called leaked report?


He has also gone from no shooting to it was medium caliber weapon.

Lai is on another planet



He sure knows how to do what he’s paid to do



Whether right or wrong, that I can’t say.

Give it to him anytime any day Lai will never disappoint you.
He has committed the same errors as those commenting on the leak report instead of waiting for the white paper from Lagos State government.

Racoon:
White paper is yet to be issued but the government is already convulsing with wicked lies, prejudice, subterfuge and demonization of a judicial panel of enquiry all in desperation to cover a heinous crime of killing its own citizens using instruments of the state that is well known to the whole world.Tueh!

Today, soldiers are killing innocent, unarmed civilians and burning whole communities in Awo Omanma-Orlu area in Imo state.
They are like Jihadi soldiers.
Lai Mohammed can also deny that.

NaijaFutbol:
Nothing new:

1. Claim the Instagram live footage was doctored
2. Deny shamelessly that soldier were at Lekki, but agree that they were at Lekki
3. Use hearsay and big grammar to discredit the panel's report, without addressing anything in the report.
4. Point out that policemen and soldiers also died across the country.......how has this got to do with Lekki Massacre?


Should this man not be the one asking below questions?:
1. Why did LCC not capture everything that happened there?
2. Why were the soldiers that were there that night not at the panel to testify?
3. What were soldiers (as per testimony of the soldiers that appeared) doing with live bullets at Lekki, when protests were never violent at that axis?
4. Why were ambulances (should be a government service) prevented from entering an area where emergency calls emanated from?

The shameless thing about this government is that they are shamelessly shameless.

God bless you

t 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.

Lai Mohammed get bad mouth I swear. Baba no dey take prisoners at all. He completely massacred the panel report. It’s so bad it didn’t take so long to completely rubbish the report of the panel. Whoever leaked the panel report did a great disservice to the panel. The Lekki lies can’t stand.

Lisaint:
Why is other opposition parties not having Spokesman to tackle this man on national burning issues like this


When Apc was in the opposition
This lai man gave pdp touch time


Cause he’s always tackling them with thick points

But today ehn
All opposition parties are dead to their responsibility

That's an indication of what to come in 2023. Bookmark this and keep it safe what I'm about to say.
APC and PDP will merge to form a mega party.

boselarry:
Mr lie

Abeg how dis linus children dey cope with their father. Hmmm na wah oooo. If na my papa e sure 100% I go don shook am injection make him dey coma for 50years join him age.

Mr Lie fear God, prosperity will judge you & you are not going to remain a minister for ever. What ever a man sow, that what he will surely reap. I rest my case.

Ogchris21:
Some people needs to be stoned to death.. no single guilty or sympathy... No worry the clock is ticking.

He raised valid points though. We shouldn't just follow the crowd. Why are the family members of the victims afraid to testify but are not afraid to collect compensation? That is the part I do not understand. To nail the government, it must be proven beyond reasonable doubt not just emotional sentiments thrown around. Where are their family members?
Even in the US where CNN is based, that will be the first question any investigative body would ask.

Lai werey why are you barking go to buddillion and ask your oju yobo master why samwoiku his servant will set up a panel that will later failed to the your work. Yeye ppl

mazimee:
Started with turning the truth upside down. The lying machine indeed

Pls show us the truth he turn upside-down

Siwel25:
He raised valid points though. We shouldn't just follow the crowd. Why are the family members of the victims afraid to testify but are not afraid to collect compensation? That is the part I do not understand. To nail the government, it must be proven beyond reasonable doubt not just emotional sentiments thrown around. Where are their family members?
Even in the US where CNN is based, that will be the first question any investigative body would ask.

Bross ur brain the work, I can't imagine how dumb many Nigerians are this days. How is it possible for a father,mother, brother or sister will refused to testify for the death of his/her child, brother or sister in the name of being afraid of attacked by gov't and be bold to come for compensation, for more than a year we have not seen obituary of those killed at LTG, what we see are fictitious names or those who died even b4 2020 and names of those who are still alive

This man after lying will still go into the mosque to pray. Where is your shame in the face of Allah layi? Fear Allah and not Buhari

I said it earlier that he is in his lab conjuring lies. I wasn't wrong. This is it.

[People here refused to think inbetween the line rather castigating him without contradicting his observations.

Foolish people every where.

quote author=Lanrelagboi post=107889002]TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE HON. MINISTER OF
INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, IN ABUJA ON TUESDAY NOV. 23RD 2021 ON THE REPORT OF THE LAGOS STATE JUDICIAL PANEL OF INQUIRY AND RESTITUTION TO INVESTIGATE CASES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND THE INCIDENT OF OCT. 20TH 2020 AT LEKKI TOLL GATE

Good morning gentlemen

2.   It's no longer news that the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry that investigated cases of police brutality as well as the incident of Oct. 20th, 2020, at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos has submitted its report. The submission happened while I was out of the country on national assignment. Unlike many commentators and analysts, we took our time to read and digest the report, and we are now well placed to respond.

3.   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 Oct.
20th 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.

4.   Gentlemen, we have read some critical analysis of the report by a courageous few. One commentator, a lawyer, said it raised more questions than answers. Another commentator, a journalist, called it a 'disgraceful report by a disgraceful panel', saying it reported allegations instead of investigating the allegations. Yet another wondered how a Judicial Panel could use the words 'massacre in context' and equate such to a massacre. All these and many more have raised valid questions on that report. We salute their courage and refusal to be cowed by the rampaging lynch mob that has been screaming blue murder since the report was released.

5.   We do not intend to bore you by rehashing details of the discrepancies, innuendoes, inconsistencies and errors in that report. They are already in the public space. Let us, however, point out some key highlights of such discrepancies, errors, omissions, etc.

i) - The report threw away the testimony of ballistic experts who testified before it. The experts said, inter alia, in their testimony:

''The Team finds that from the medical data examined, including the
timeline of arrival at medical facility and the nature of the injuries
sustained by the Victims, who were taken to the 5 medical facilities,
that no military grade live ammunition (high-velocity) was fired at
the protesters at Lekki Tollgate on 20th October 2020, within the
timeframe of reference (18.30- 20.34hrs). That the GSW (Gun Shot
Wounds) injuries (4 in number between 19:05 and 19:45 hrs), which were
examined by the Team, can be safely identified as being discharged by
either low velocity caliber and/or artisanal/12-gauge firearms
(artisanal firearms are locally-fabricated weapons). What is however
certain is that had the military personnel deliberately fired military
grade live ammunition directly at the protesters; there would have
been significantly more fatalities and catastrophic injuries
recorded. This was clearly not the case.’’

ii) - The same panel that said it deemed as credible the evidence of the Forensic Pathologist, Prof. John Obafunwa, that only three of the bodies on which post mortem were conducted were from Lekki and only one had gunshot injury went on to contradict itself by saying nine persons died of gunshot wounds at Lekki!

iii) - The man whose evidence (that he counted 11 bodies in a military van where he was left for dead before he escaped) was found to be crucial by the panel never testified in person. Rather, the video of his 'testimony' was played by someone else. It did not occur to the panel to query the veracity of the testimony of a man who said he was
shot and presumed dead but still had time to count dead bodies inside a supposedly dark van at night!

iv) - The panel said trucks with brushes underneath were brought to the Lekki Toll Gate in the morning of Oct. 21 2020 to clean up bloodstains and other evidence, but still found bullet casings at the same site when it visited on Oct. 30th 2020. It said soldiers picked up bullet casings from Lekki Toll Gate on the night of Oct. 20th 2020, yet claimed that policemen came to the same spot to pick the same bullet casings on Oct. 21st 2020!

v) - The panel was silent on the family members of those reportedly killed, merely insinuating they were afraid to testify. Even goats have owners who will look for them if they do not return home, not to talk of human beings. Where are the family members
of those who were reportedly killed at Lekki Toll Gate? If the panel is recommending compensation for the families, what are their identities and addresses? Who will receive the compensations when no family members have shown up to date?

vi) - How did a man who reported seeing the lifeless body of his brother himself ended up being on the list of the panel's deceased persons?

vii) - How can a Judicial Panel convince anyone that the names of some casualties of the Lekki Toll Gate incident listed as numbers 3 (Jide), 42 (Tola) and 43 (Wisdom) are not fictitious names.

viii) - Why did the Judicial Panel feel compelled to concoct a ''massacre in context'' as a euphemism for ''massacre''? A massacre is a massacre. What is ''massacre in context?''
 
ix)  - The report never mentioned cases of police personnel who were brutally murdered or the massive destruction of police stations, vehicles, e.t c during the Endsars protest. Does this mean that the panel didn't consider policemen and women as human beings?

x) - The report didn't make any recommendation on the innocent people whose businesses were attacked and destroyed during the protest in Lagos. I think it was too busy looking for evidence to support its conclusion of 'massacre in context'.
 

6.   It is clear, from the ongoing, that the report of the panel in circulation cannot be relied upon because its authenticity is in doubt. Besides, the Lagos State Government, being the convening authority, has yet to release any official report to the public.
Neither has the panel done so. The cowardly leakage of an unsigned report to the public is not enough. Assuming the report in circulation bears any iota of genuineness, it is basic knowledge that the report of such a panel is of no force until the convening authority issues a White Paper and Gazette on it. It is therefore too premature for any
person or entity to seek to castigate the Federal Government and its agencies or officials based on such an unofficial and unvalidated report.


7.   CNN AND OTHERS
The CNN has been celebrating the leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry. In its rush to claim vindication, CNN apparently didn't even read the report before rolling out the drums in celebration. By that action, CNN has celebrated prematurely and has now committed a double faux pas: First, by relying on unverified
social media stories and videos to carry out an investigation of the Oct. 20th 2020 incident at Lekki, where it did not have a correspondent on ground. CNN goofed
in its report on the findings of the panel, which fell below the main standards of journalism. Secondly, CNN rushed to the air to celebrate an unsigned and unverified report that is riddled with inconsistencies, errors, discrepancies, innuendoes. That's double faux pas by a news organization that is eager and willing to compromise
standards just to claim vindication.
 
8.   Sadly, a section of the Nigerian media has also joined the lynch mob. Honestly, in an attempt to vilify government at all costs, they have done themselves a great disservice. How can any news organization worth its salt write an Editorial validating this kind of report? Are they not seeing what others, including journalists and lawyers, are seeing? In a shocking twist, a Nigerian newspaper chose to hail what it calls ‘’detailed investigative report’’ by CNN, even when the news channel did not even cover the incident of Oct. 20th 2020! It’s a classic case of cutting your nose to spite your face.


9   CONCLUSIONS
i) - Gentlemen, there is absolutely nothing in the report that is circulating to make us change our stand that there was no massacre at Lekki on Oct. 20th 2020. For us to change our stand, a well-investigated report of the incident that meets all required
standards and will withstand every scrutiny must be produced and presented to the public. The report in circulation does not meet those requirements. We also appeal to the families of those allegedly killed in Lekki to speak out. It’s untenable to say that some families did not come out because they are afraid. Any parent who is afraid to testify about the death of his or her child is not worth to be called a parent.

ii) - We reject the notion that our soldiers and policemen massacred innocent Nigerians at Lekki on Oct. 20th 2020. That conclusion is not supported by the weight of available evidence. Indictment for murder is a very serious issue that cannot be done on the basis of allegations and corroborations, as the panel did. Such allegations must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. 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 and encouraged states to set up the panels to investigate reports of human rights abuses allegedly committed by the disbanded SARS personnel

iii) - The 37 policemen and six soldiers who died across the country during the Endsars protest are also Nigerians and should not be forgotten.

iv) - Those who have engaged in premature celebration of the report in circulation should now go back and read it thoroughly and tell Nigerians whether it can pass any serious scrutiny.

v) - We are saddened that anyone died at all during the Endsars protest as the life of every Nigerian and indeed every human is sacrosanct. As we have disclosed many times, 57 civilians, 37 policemen and six soldiers were killed across the country during the protest, and we commiserate with their families.

10) Gentlemen, I thank you for your kind attention. I will now take your questions


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Racoon:
The legendary lying machine and Joseph Goebbels of the government is back.It is just unthinkable a nation's minister of Information will be this so wicked.What a despicable humanity.

Meanwhile, bandits, murderous fulani and BH terrorists have been running amok across this failed contraption doing their evil, yet the bastard Minster of lies and disinformation have not even said pim.

Same man that boldly and shamelessly said -"Bandits are not terrorists because they are not mounting flags or taking territories" is the same man demonising #EndSARS protesters while defending the atrocities the govt and its agencies committed against the citizens.

for you to call josef Gobbels e show say u sabi Hitler and who josef was during his regime…na same pattern de play out for naija…Lai is the Josef of this regime lying machine

This mother fucker is nothing but a big shame to this nation

If not guilt why responding to the panel response when white paper is not ready yet. Why saying no death occured when you were not in attendance during the night shotting at lekki, why have you not on your own visit those who were wounded at the night to give a first hand infor on what happened. Why always been in a hurry to cover up mess done by your government. Anyways nah employee you be

Frankly speaking, Lai Mohammed made some salients point here, the report is full of discrepancies however no one can deny the fact that there were no deaths or injury that night. If people didn't die due to gun shot , obviously people died or get injured through stampede. The truth will be revealed one day