Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Oludotun Odubona, on Tuesday, told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the investigation of the Lekki shooting incident that the police do not shoot to kill people but to maim them.

Mr Odubona, who represented Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos State police commissioner, was before the panel to continue his evidence on the role played by the police during the October last year #EndSARS protests.

At his first appearance before the panel last week, Mr Odubona explained why many police divisions were burnt and several officers killed during the protests.

"The highest level of gladiated force is to make use of live ammunition and that cannot be done unless there is superior directiv...