U.S charges the Lagos State and Federal Government to address Lekki Toll Gate allegations.

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The United States in a brief acknowledge they have received the conclusion reports of the ‘Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Lekki Tollgate Incident,’ await and expect the Lagos State and Federal Government to take the appropriate action to address the issue.

It is no news, that the panel submitted on Tuesday, the report detailing the atrocities committed by the defunct Special Ant-Robbery Squad (SARS) against the people of Nigeria and proves needed to establish that truly there was a massacre of armless protesters by the Nigerian army at the Lekki Toll Plaza on October 20.10.20

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Reacting to the report, the US, through a statement issued by the US Mission Nigeria on social media, dropped a message for Lagos State and the Nigerian government to alert them that the world is waiting and watching out for the next actions.

The statement reads:

“The United States welcomes the conclusion of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry with the transmission of its final report.

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“We look forward to the Lagos State government’s response as part of a process that represents an important mechanism of accountability regarding the #EndSARS protests and the events that took place near the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020.

“Those events led to serious allegations against some members of the security forces, and we look forward to the Lagos State and federal governments taking suitable measures to address those alleged abuses as well as the grievances of the victims and their families.”