Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- A forensic expert from Sentinel Forensics Ltd, Joseph Kayode, has told the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry in the investigation of the Lekki tollgate shooting incident that the samples of ammunition presented by the Nigerian Army are of the same calibre as those retrieved at the scene.

Mr Kayode gave this explanation on Friday while giving the ballistic report of the forensic investigation conducted on the ammunition presented by the Nigerian Army and those at the panel.

The Nigerian Army, represented by Ibrahim Taiwo, the Commander of 81 Division, had earlier told the panel that soldiers fired only blank bullets at Lekki tollgate to disperse protesters on the night of October 20, last year.

At another appearance b...