Nigeria, Sept. 28 -- The forensic and ballistic company hired by the Lagos State government to investigate the shooting incident at the Lekki tollgate has said that yet-to-be-identified persons fired live bullets at the protesters on the night of 20 October, 2020.

The UK-based company, Oxygene Consulting UK Ltd, represented by Dieye Willie-Harry, its executive director and senior consultant, gave the report of the team on Tuesday via Zoom.

"We have not viewed any footage, which definitively shows a muzzle aimed towards any individual and at the same time being fired with the effect thereof, with what we can freely assess to be firing live ammunition (no flailing or falling injured victims)," Mr Willie-Harry said.

"However, given the in...