Replacing SARS With SWAT Won’t Address Police Brutality – UN
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, has faulted the manner in which the Nigeria police force set up special weapons and tactics (SWAT) to replace the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). Bachelet said the police swiftly created SWAT “without first addressing some of the root causes of police violence and putting in place sufficient safeguards to prevent...
Lekki Shooting: Lagos Govt Invited Us To Lekki Tollgate – Army
The Nigerian Army says the Lagos state government invited it to intervene in the fallout of the #EndSARS protest. Youth protesting against police brutality had refused to stay off the roads despite a 24-hour curfew imposed by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, after widespread violence. Subsequently, men in military uniform invaded the protest ground at Lekki toll plaza and opened fire on the...
#ENDSARS Protesters Spread Inciting Content On Social Media – NSA
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has said the social media was used to disseminate subversive content to incite violence during the #EndSARS protests which rocked the country recently. Monguno, who spoke at the multi-stakeholders workshop for the validation of the draft national cybersecurity policy and strategy 2020, organized by his office in Abuja on Wednesday,...
