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The Nigerian Army has been accused of opening fire with live bullets on peaceful protesters at the Toll Gate demanding an end to police brutality using the hash tag #EndSARS.
According to a report by The Nation, the popular Reddington Hospital Lagos, Saturday produced the medical records of some of the patients it treated following the Lekki toll gate ‘shootings’ of last October 20.
One of the hospital’s trauma and orthopaedic surgeons, Dr. Babajide Lawson, presented the case files to the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS and the Lekki Tollgate Incident.
The Nigerian Army has been accused of starting fireplace with stay bullets on peaceful protesters on the Toll Gate demanding an quit to police brutality the use of the hash tag #EndSARS.
Some of the protesters have submitted petitions to the panel alleging that guys of the Army’s eighty one Division shot at and killed several #EndSARS protesters that night time, a claim the Army denied.
The Army has, but, shunned in addition appearance at the panel, without giving any reason.
The suggest to the panel, Jonathan Ogunsanya, instructed the panel that he now had in his possession a complete of 25 case notes submitted via the medical institution.
He stated that these have been greater exact and could help supply clarity to instances of petitioners before the panel.
Last month, Dr Lawson instructed the panel that the clinic handled mass casualties on October 20, but proper records of the range won't have been stored due to the fact the scientific personnel on duty were overwhelmed.
According to the doctor, the sanatorium become extra concerned with saving lives and so did not prioritise the time patients arrived at its facility.
“On the night time of this occasion, within the Lekki facility, while sufferers had been brought in, it turned into a mass collecting state of affairs wherein case you have a large quantity of humans supplying on the same time, literarily overwhelming the power.
“In that form of situation, there are masses of cases that might be compromised. If this affected person says he become treated at the sanatorium, he can gift at the medical institution and get a clinical report,” he stated.
One of the patients treated at Reddington, Lucky Philemon, additionally testified the previous day.
Philemon, who now walks with the useful resource of crutches, had testified on February 27 that he changed into shot by using squaddies on the toll gate on October 20, however the absence of his scientific statistics earlier than the panel had stalled court cases.
Philemon is worrying to be paid compensation of N200m as damages for the inconvenience of losing his limbs in addition to every other $50,000 for Prosthetic limbs.
His recommend, John Uthman confirmed to the panel that his purchaser arrived at the clinic for remedy at about 9pm contrary to the insinuations by using the counsel to the Lagos State Government that he offered himself for treatment at eleven.30pm and couldn't were shot at the Lekki toll gate.
The complete clinical information of the petitioner confirmed that he received scientific treatment at about 9pm and later at about 11.30pm.
A second witness Richard Oku who testified for the petitioner, Lucky Philemon additionally informed the panel that at 6.45pm on October 20, the army arrived on the Lekki Toll Gate and commenced shooting.
The witness narrated how he helped the petitioner after he was shot.
He said: “I heard on radio that a protest become occurring on the Lekki toll gate and I determined to move there round 4pm.
“At 6.45pm or so, we noticed the army humans arrive and began shooting. DJ Switch become on stage telling people to be calm and sit down. Some sat down, others couldn't endure it and began walking.
“I also determined a manner to depart. I noticed one man beside me shot. I saw any other try to stand up, his leg were shot, he couldn't make it and different people were stepping on him and others as they had been going for walks. I stopped one guy and we helped him to the side of the toll so that people would now not step on him. I picked his telephone and left him.
“I found my way to Lekki gate and I noticed private cars stopping there. I approached them to assist. I went again to the toll and helped an elderly female and a younger guy to the clinic with the auto that agreed to assist.
“We went to an sanatorium in Ajah, Doreen Hospital. They have been dealt with then. It changed into later that the petitioner’s brother called his phone which i had picked and that’s how I got here to realize his call and to also testify in his case.”
The panel adjourned to March 27 for the petitioner and Reddington Hospital to retain their tales.
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