The Lagos State
government, on Monday, inaugurated a tribunal of inquiry with the aim of unearthing issues surrounding the military
rage on Ikorodu road, which led to the destruction of several BRT buses, as
well as the death of the soldier that precipitated the crisis.
A statement issued by governor’s spokesperson, Hakeem Bello,
read:
“Desirous of getting to the root of the recent face-off between men of the
Armed Forces and a BRT driver on the accident on Ikorodu Road, in which a
soldier lost his life, Governor Fashola, on Monday, inaugurated a tribunal of
enquiry on the accident and subsequent arson and destruction of the BRT buses,
charging the tribunal to unravel the real and remote causes of the action.”
He tasked the tribunal to inquire into whether the act was
committed by soldiers and if they did not, who did it and also unravel how and
why the military officer died and what killed him, as well as investigate what
could have been done to avoid the accident.
Fashola, who described the Nigeria Army as a symbol of
strength that has helped in many conflict regions in Africa with their
imprimatur being felt in areas like former Rhodesia Zimbabwe, Liberia and
Sierra Leone, among others, regretted, however, that at the home front, some
members of the Army institution had diminished its reputation.
He said Nigeria might prove the pundits right “if it fails
to do what is right,” recalling that the Ancient Rome failed despite the fact
that it gave the world the Common Law, but ended up turning its back on the
law.
He expressed the optimism that the tribunal, headed by a
retired Judge of the Lagos High Court, Justice Ebenezer Adebajo, would be able
to conclude its assignment within the 60 days set aside for it.
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