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The bodies of other protesters are nowhere to be found. Lekki, a relatively affluent suburb of Lagos, and the toll gate became a focal point of the movement. Updated January 5, 2021 A file photo of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Lagos State government has hired a team to conduct an independent forensic examination of the Lekki toll gate. "They pointed their guns at us and they started shooting," she said. The timeline for when the curfew was imposed has become a point of contention between the Governor and the military. Separately, Dr. Ayo Aranmolate, executive medical director at Grandville medical center, told CNN he and his colleagues received around 15 injured people that night with various gunshot wounds and cuts. OUR planet is dying faster than we realise. "We referred some for treatment to other hospitals," Dr. Aranmolate said. However, the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army had said contrary to insinuations, soldiers who stormed the Lekki toll gate were invited by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Why are you doing this," she said. I can't find him," she said. CNN has examined bullet casings found at the scene and confirmed with current and former Nigerian military sources that the bullet casings match those used by the army. We have those who constantly seek to drive a wedge between us and between the citizens of Nigeria...". This is the latest message contained in a new paper published on January 13,... Two officers were injured while breaking up an illegal party with 200 guests in London, British police said on Saturday. ", As the live broadcast ends, people are still trying to apply CPR on the man in red, while DJ Switch can be heard saying, "this guy is dying.". Injured people whom CNN has confirmed were present at the toll gate started arriving in local hospitals -- carried by civilians -- from 7:19 p.m. while the shooting was still ongoing, according to videos analyzed by CNN. "He just came back from work on that Tuesday, ate his food and went there," Okon told CNN. She started worrying when he didn't arrive home that night. DJ Switch, a local musician whose real name is Obianuju Catherine Udeh, was streaming live on Instagram when it all happened and the shooting began. Facebook. Ibanga confirmed the photograph is of his brother. The protests at the Lekki toll gate have been mostly peaceful, with demonstrators singing the national anthem, staging sit-ins, and praying. In another, there are several injured people, some on the ground bleeding while defiant protesters continued to wave Nigerian flags. CNN's calls to the Nigerian army have not been returned. Multiple eyewitnesses told CNN that ambulances were prevented from reaching the scene by the authorities. And accounts from eyewitnesses establish that after the army withdrew, a second round of shooting happened later in the evening. However, about 10 days into the protests, the demonstrations were hijacked by "thugs and sponsored hoodlums" who attacked protesters, causing deaths and injuries, according to Amnesty International Nigeria. But in Lekki, that’s not true. It will be recalled that men in military uniforms stormed the scene of the protest at the Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday evening and shot at many of them. But police have denied any use of force against protesters on Twitter, saying, "....our police officers never resorted to use of unlawful force or shooting at the protesters.". The deceased has since been buried in his hometown in Mubi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, and Aiyedun Olufunmi Grace, whose brother died at LASUTH after suffering gunshot wounds to the head. DJ Switch told CNN that protesters lifted bodies with bullet wounds and put them at the soldiers' feet. 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