#ENDSARS: We Await Reports From State Govts – Buhari Tells Blinken
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government will allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait for pronouncements from state governments that set up panels to probe police brutality in the country. The president spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience Mr Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State. “So many state governments are involved, and...
Lekki Shootings: Buhari’s Silence Is Unexplainable – Bishop Kukah
Matthew Kukah, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Sokoto, has expressed surprise over President Muhammadu Buhari’s “continued silence” on the shooting in Lekki, Lagos state. On Tuesday, the #EndSARS protest took a violent turn when men dressed in military uniform fired live bullets at unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. The president has not addressed the nation on this...
#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...
#EndSARS Promoters Must Face The Law – Presidency
Garba Shehu, the presidential spokesman, says those who promoted the #EndSARS protest and allowed it degenerate into chaos must be made to face the law. Garba Shehu said this when he featured on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Sunday. ABN TV had reported how a federal high court in Abuja granted the Central Bank of Nigeria’s request to freeze the...
Nobody Removed The CCTV At Lekki Toll Gate – Sanwo-Olu
The governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the security cameras at Lekki Toll gate were not removed during the shooting of unarmed protesters by armed uniformed security agents at the toll gate on Tuesday. The governor, who disclosed this on Thursday, during an interview on ARISE TV, said he has seen footages from the cameras and they...
BREAKING: Gov. Sanwo-Olu Imposes 24 Hours Curfew In Lagos
Following the violent trend of #EndSARS protests, Governor Babaji Sanwo-Olu has imposed 24 hours curfew in Lagos state. The Lagos State Governor Wrote on Twitter; Dear Lagosians, I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost...
#LekkiShooting: Army Lied Against Sanwo-Olu – Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, faulted claims by the Army that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State invited them to Lekki toll gate, amid the End SARS protest. Kanu claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the soldiers to kill the protesters, not Sanwo-Olu. Recall that gunmen in military uniform had last week Tuesday stormed...
More Protesters Arrive At Lekki Tollgate, Arrested
About 15 new protesters have arrived at the Lekki tollgate to express their dissatisfaction with the ruling of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on the reopening of the toll gate. Soldiers had on October 20, 2020, fired live ammunition at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza, leaving many injured. ABN TV gathered that over 30 protesters have so far...
Minister Of Police Affairs Inspects As SWAT Commences Training (Photo)
The new police unit called the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) on Monday began its training with over 400 personnel at the Police Mobile College in Eggon, Nasarawa State. Present at the training ground was the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, and other officials who came to inspect the training exercise. In his opening remark, the Minister said he...
#EndSARS Memorial Protest: You Can’t Stop Us, Falz Dares Police
Nigerian Rapper, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has accused the police and the Federal Government of attempting to intimidate organisers of the #EndSARS movement. This is coming amidst plans to organise a memorial protest on honour of those killed last year at Lekki Tollgate Lagos by the security forces. The protest rocked the nation in 2020 until it was quelled...
