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The company that manages the toll gate in Lagos, where protesters were shot on Tuesday night, has said surveillance cameras installed at the facility are still intact.
There were reports that CCTV cameras had been removed from the Lekki tollbooth.
In a statement, Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC) said that the street lights at the toll gate were off during the incident due to a power outage.
There were no personnel to turn on the standby power generator, as they had left in compliance with a 24-hour curfew imposed by the state governor, he said.
It is unclear if surveillance cameras were affected by the blackout.
The firm said it had received no instructions “from anyone” to disassemble the surveillance cameras.
“Removing them will require the use of machinery to reach the heights at which they have been installed and are still installed,” he said.
Some protesters had said that the cameras were removed so that the shooting would not be recorded.
Amnesty International has said that 12 people were killed in Lagos on Tuesday. The military has said it was not behind the shooting.
