Military Denies Judicial Panel Access To Military Hospital (Videos)
The Military authority has denied members of the Judicial Panel, set up by the Lagos state government to investigate police brutality and the Lekki shooting of October 20, access to the military hospital, Lekki. A member of the panel, Mr. Ebun Adegboruwa, SAN, said the panel got an impromptu confidential information that facility at the hospital may be relevant to...
#ENDSARS: Most Nigerian Youths Are Always High On Drugs – Lawmaker
Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, the lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin constituency 1 at the Lagos state house of assembly, says most Nigerian youths are always high on drugs. The lawmaker was speaking at a recent plenary session in the wake of looting of properties by hoodlums and other attendant crisis trailing the #EndSARS protests across the country. Alli-Macaulay said there is an urgent need for the...
We Lost 22 Officers, 205 Police Stations To #ENDSARS Protests – Police
No fewer than 22 police personnel were killed and many others injured during the #ENDSARS protests, the Force Headquarters of the Nigeria Police, Abuja has stated. Many others were inflicted with life-threatening injuries while 205 police stations and formations were burnt, Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, said on Friday. Mba, in a statement, informed other critical private and public...
#EndSARS: Hoodlums Kill Police Inspector, Cut Off His Manhood In Ebonyi
Suspected hoodlums under the guise of #EndSARS protesters in Ebonyi State murdered a Police Inspector, Mr Egu Omini, and cut off his manhood. Omini is one of the two policemen killed on Monday at the Central Police Station, Abakaliki, by the hoodlums who openly described themselves as Indigenous Peoples of Biafra(IPOB) members. His AK-47 rifle was also taken away by his...
Soldiers Fired Blank Bullets At Lekki #ENDSARS Protesters, Ex-Army Spokesperson
Sani Usman, a former spokesman of the Nigerian Army, says soldiers fired blank bullets at the Lekki protest ground, and not live ammunition as widely claimed. Speaking during an Arise Television programme on Thursday, the retired brigadier general said contrary to reports that many were killed in the incident, the blank ammunition used is not capable of killing anyone. ABN TV...
Udensi Says SARS Synonymous With Rot, Degeneration, Exits In All Sectors
The lead Interpol Systems Consultant in Nigeria, Sir Chikwe Udensi has said the recent #EndSARS protest connotes many things wrong with Nigerian society. ABN TV reports that Udensi said the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) a unit of the Nigerian police was known for corruption, extra-judicial killings and other rots, saying SARS operatives exist in many sectors of our...
UK Govt Trained, Equipped SARS For 4 Years
The British Government has said it trained and equipped operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force between 2016 and March 2020. UK Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, made this known in a letter to a member of the British Parliament, Kate Osamor. The lawmaker had earlier written the UK government over financial and training supports extended...
BREAKING!! #EndSARS: Amnesty International Lied, Says IGP
Following report by Amnesty International, that soldiers and Police officers shot at peaceful protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Friday described the report as untrue, misleading, and contrary to all available empirical evidence. The non-governmental rights group had in its report accused the Nigerian Army and Police of shooting and killing #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki...
#EndSARS: South East Leaders To Engage Youths For Sustainable Peace, Glorious Future [Photos, Video]
…Sympathize with victims’ families, others The leaders of the South East geo-political zone comprising the governors of the zone, national assembly members, ministers, clergy, traditional rulers, Igbo leaders, and women leaders, rose from a closed-door meeting at the Government House, Enugu, on Thursday and resolved to engage the youth to ensure sustainable peace in the zone as well as “a...
#EndSARS Protests Will Return In 2 Weeks, If Issues Are Not Addressed, Says Ex-Minister
Former Nigerian Minister of External Affairs Professor Bolaji Akinyemi expressed this when he featured on ARISE News on Wednesday and called on the federal government to urgently address the issues raised by the protesters. There are fears that #EndSARS demonstrators will take to the streets of Nigeria in the next two weeks if it is perceived that the government has...