Just In: Lekki Shooting: CCTV Stopped Working, Did Not Capture Shooting, LCC tells Panel

The Managing Director of Lekki Concession Company, Abayomi Omamuwasan, has informed the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry, on Tuesday that the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) camera of the company did not capture the shooting of peaceful #ENDSARS protesters by the Nigerian Army.

The judicial panel set up by the Lagos state government continues to look into cases of brutality by officers of the now defunct police unit SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Unit) on its fourth sitting.

Omamuwasan informed the panel that the CCTV camera stopped recording due to the vandalism of some equipment and fire outbreak at the toll gate.

He also said the company had three surveillance cameras located at Sandfill, Ikoyi Bridge and one at Chevron.

“The surveillance camera didn’t capture the shooting.

“It stopped recording around 8pm,” Omamuwasan told the panel.

He added that the fire outbreak at the Ikoyi Bridge affected the CCTV cameras and it stopped recording.

Explaining the reason for the power outage, he insisted that the company complied with the curfew and asked staff to leave in adherence with the directive of the state government.

He added that the company withdrew its staff from the toll gate following the takeover of the toll gate by the protesters

It would be recalled that on October 20, soldiers opened fire on peaceful #ENDSARS protesters, with video evidences all over the media, killing not less than a dozen protesters with several sustaining bullet wounds.

The army initially denied involvement in the shooting, saying its soldiers were not at the scene.

It, however, admitted that soldiers were at the toll gate, revealing they were drafted on the orders of the state government.