#EndSARS: FG Insists No Protester Was Shot At Lekki Tollgate, Demands Apology From CNN
The Federal Government has insisted that protesters were not shot at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos on October 20, 2020. EndSARS protesters, who were demonstrating against police brutality, were forcefully dispersed by security operatives exactly a year ago. While the protest organizers had insisted that some protesters were killed, the Federal Government had dismissed reports of the killings. At a press briefing in...
Hoodlums Attack #ENSARS Protester Who Testified Before Judicial Panel
Hoodlums have attacked and macheted an EndSARS protester, Kamsiyochukwu Ibe, who testified before a Lagos judicial panel on the alleged role of the military and the police in the Lekki shooting of October 20, 2021, one of the panel members, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has said. The senior advocate also raised the alarm over the alleged threat to his life since...
#EndSARS Panel: Lagos Government To Make Public White Paper Report — Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the government will release its White Paper on the report submitted by the EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry. The governor in a speech on Tuesday on the Lekki shootings of October 20, 2020, said, “As an administration, are determined that the next steps that will be taken in this process of coming to terms...
Over N11 billion #EndSARS Claims Paid So Far – NIA
The Nigerian Insurers Association has said insurers had paid over N11 billion as claims for losses suffered during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. The chairman of the Nigerian Insurers Association, Ganiyu Musa, disclosed this during a news briefing in Lagos on Tuesday. Musa said: “As of January, insurers have paid over N11 billion as claims that arose from the #EndSARS protest of...
Governor Yahaya Bello Volunteers To Lead #ENDSARS Protest (Video)
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has again weighed in on the #EndSARS protest by volunteering to be the leader. Speaking in a statewide address on Monday, October 19, the Kogi State Governor stated that it is time the leaders of the protesters come out to engage with the government. The Kogi State Governor who also stated that it will be...
Lekki Shooting: 15 People Were Killed In My Presence, Soldiers Took Their Bodies Away — DJ Switch
Nigerian artiste, DJ Switch, who was present when soldiers shot at peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos, in Tuesday, has shared her experience. The artiste said armed soldiers and police officers shot at her and other peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate on Tuesday night. She said at least 15 people were killed in the shootings and that she and other...
#EndSARS: Ikpeazu Inaugurates Judicial Panel Of Inquiry
.....distributes palliatives to displaced families Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has inaugurated a 17-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings and brutality by security agents in the State. Chairman of the panel is Justice Sunday Imo, a retired Chief Judge of the State. Inaugurating the panel at Government House, Umuahia, Governor Ikpeazu said that the...
#EndSARS: We Can’t Destroy Infrastructure When We’ve None, Don Lulu Warns
Abia-born US-based UN peace ambassador Mr. Lucky Igbokwe popularly known as Don Lulu has cautioned the youths in the state against destroying public infrastructure even as they engage in #EndSARS protest. He stated that at a time when there is deficit in infrastructure, it is not in the interest of the public for protesters to engage in destroying infrastructure, adding that...
We’re Not Aware That CBN Froze Bank Accounts Of #ENDSARS Promoters – Senate
THE Senate said Monday that it is not aware of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Freezing the bank accounts of some leaders of the #EndSARS protesters. According to the Senate, the governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele never wrote to it prior to the taking of such a decision. This came up yesterday when the Minister of Justice and Attorney General...
Ikpeazu Reviews Curfew, Now 10pm-6am
Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has announced further relaxation of curfew placed on the state after #EndSARS protest. He took to his verified Twitter account to announce the development on Tuesday. Curfew time according to the Governor is 10pm to 6am daily. "We shall return to normalcy as soon as the situation permits" he added.
