Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- The Lagos State Police Command has told a Judicial Panel of Inquiry that several police stations were burnt across the state and many officers killed because there was no executive approval by the government to allow the police to use force in securing their facilities.

Oludotun Odubona, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of operations, said this on Tuesday while appearing before the panel.

The panel earlier summoned the commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu, to appear before it and give testimony on the role the police played during the October 2020 #EndSARS protests, including the Lekki toll gate incident.

Several petitioners had approached the judicial panel on how police officers killed their ...