Counsel to the Lagos State Government during the #ENDSARS investigation, Abiodun Owonikoko, has said that some of the members of the Justice Dori Owubiko panel were not suppoed to be there.
According to him, such people, whom he did not however, mention, were party to the case against the police.
Besides, Owonikoko said there were up to 40 discrepancies in the panel’s report.
Among other findings, the panel said soldiers actually shot some protesters during the anti-police brutality protest at Lekki Toll Gate.
But during an interview with ‘Arise TV’ on Thursday, Owonikoko alleged, “By law, the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the panel were not supposed to be made public. The report making rounds on social media is a draft of a minority opinion because I was there all through the proceedings.
“I am particularly shocked to read what is contained in the report because it is not completely accurate. I sighted over 40 discrepancies in this report, including awarding N15 million to someone who was a witness to a police brutality incident that had nothing to do with the Lekki incident. What kind of report is that?
“All the evidence we were able to gather during the proceedings, none of them could be fully established.
“The mistake made by the government was not setting up an entirely different panel to look into the Lekki incident because there are some members of the panel that are protagonists in the case against the Police. They were not supposed to be a part of it.”
