A tribunal of inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the circumstances which led to the death of the Managing Director of Lekki Worldwide Investment Limited, Alhaji Tajudeen Disu, in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, has submitted its report.
Disu was reportedly killed after a riot broke out between mobile policemen and members of the Okunraye community, Lekki, last year.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had thereafter inaugurated a tribunal to look at the cause of the crisis.
While submitting the report to Ambode on Wednesday, the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Adesuyi Olateru-Olagbegi (retd.), said the committee made several visits to the communities around the Lekki Free Trade Zone.
He also noted that the tribunal received 22 memoranda and reviewed 33 witness statements.
Olateru-Olagbegi said some 24 recommendations were made to prevent a recurrence.
He said, “We took time out to visit the Lekki Free Trade Zone. We visited the Dangote Industries, Lekki Worldwide Investment Limited, the villages and communities in the area, including Okunraye where the trouble began.
“Our view is that Lekki Free Trade Zone has vast potential to transform the economic landscape of Lagos State in terms of generating massive employment, creation of wealth, generating revenue, among others. Our findings reveal that the transformation would be on a scale that is hitherto unparalleled in Africa.”
Promising to give prompt consideration to the report, Ambode said the LFTZ was an important project to the economy of the state because of its strategic importance to the job creation drive of his administration.
Ambode said he was prepared to do everything to ensure its success.
“Let me assure members of the public and investors alike that this government will always uphold the rule of law and continue to provide a conducive atmosphere for businesses to thrive,” he added.
He thanked members of the tribunal for carrying out the assignment within the time frame given.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, said it was noteworthy that the tribunal had its inaugural sitting on November 16, 2015, and completed the assignment within the 45 days given to it.
Kazeem said the civil disturbances which led to Disu’s killing in the Okunraye community had slowed down the development of the LFTZ, and that the tribunal was set up as part of efforts to ensure safety of lives and property, prevent a recurrence and enhance the economic well-being of the state.
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