Lekki massacre: Forensic investigators spotted at Lekki toll gate (Photos)

Forensic experts hired by the Lagos state government to unearth the truth of what happened at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020, have commenced investigation.

On Friday, January 15, forensic investigators visited the scene of the shooting and were seen carrying out routine Crime Scene Investigation procedures as commuters plied the road.

The Lagos State Government had paid a huge sum of money to the experts for the investigation, according to the Chairman of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims police brutality, Justice Doris Okuwobi.

Justice Okuwobi also disclosed that the forensic experts would have commenced its work earlier but for the holidays which made it difficult for the experts to get access to relevant documents and exhibits which have previously been tendered before the panel.

The forensic examination is expected to be completed within the next 21 days.

“Forensic analysis will clear a lot of issues in the incident of October 20, 2020, and a huge sum has been paid by the Lagos State Government for it. The desire is that the panel will unearth the truth of what happened.

“The application by the LCC for permission to have access to the toll gate must, therefore, await the outcome of the forensic examination”, he said.

Photos of the experts at the Lekki toll gate have gone viral on social media.

(Correctbro)