Africa Business Radio

The summary of the evidence of Mr Dieye Willie-Harry, an expert witness hired by the Lagos State Government to investigate the shooting incident at the tollgate shows that live military-grade ammunition was fired at some point by yet to be identified persons.The Executive Director of a UK-based forensic and ballistic company, Oxgene Consulting UK Ltd, Mr Willie-Harry says from the examination and research surrounding open-source imagery and news reporting along with the individual injuries and medical reports, live military-grade ammunition, may have been discharged at some point at the Lekki Toll Gate on 20th October 2020, after 21:00 hrs. He says it could possibly be aimed at the road surface in front of protesters, which ultimately caused the projectiles to ricochet resulting in the core breaking out of the jacket and hitting the majority of the victims in the lower limbs at much reduced kinetic energy but with enough energy to fracture the long bones without exiting the victims’