#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...
Over 75,000 Sign Petition To Arraign Buhari After #ENDSARS Panel Report
A petition by Reno Omokri, a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, on the change.org platform has received 76,420 signatures as of 12.39 pm on Friday. The petition, which was filed on Wednesday, was directed at the International Criminal Court and comes after the Lagos #EndSARS panel indicted the Buhari administration in its report. At over 75,471 signatures, the petition...
#EndSARS: Ikpeazu Set To Probe Extra-Judicial Killings, Brutality By Security Agents
As the #EndSARS protests continue, Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has approved the inauguration of Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate alleged extra-judicial killings and brutality by the police and other agents in the state. The announcement is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, made available to ABN TV. According...
Senator’s Aides Conveyed Thugs Who Attacked #EndSARS Protester, Ex-DSS Boss Claims
Dennis Amachree, a former assistant director in the Department of State Services (DSS), says aides of an unnamed senator conveyed thugs to attack citizens protesting against police brutality in Abuja. In a video that has since gone viral, men in black suits were seen in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) picking up hoodlums and taking them toward the protesters. The video...
Petitioners Demand N50m Compensation From Police Over Torture, Unlawful Detention
Petitioners have demanded the sum of N50 million as compensation from the police on the grounds of alleged torture, unlawful detention and imprisonment. They made the demand on Friday at a sitting of the Independent Investigative panel on human rights violation by SARS and other units of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja. At the resumption of the hearing, two cases...
Youth Reps Pull Out Of Lagos Judicial Panel After CBN Froze Bank Accounts Of #ENDSARS Activists
The youth representatives at the Lagos Judicial Panel refused to sit during Saturday’s session. The Judicial Panel of Inquiry was set up by the Lagos State Government, to probe the Lekki toll gate shootings and several complaints of human rights abuses against members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). However, after Central Bank obtained a court order to freeze the...
No Evidence To Prosecute Indicted SARS Officers – AGF, Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami has said there is not sufficient evidence to prosecute the 33 operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) indicted in last year’s report of a presidential investigative panel. Having established this, Mr Malami therefore, directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, to set up “a special investigation team” to conduct “thorough...
FG Under Fire For Tagging #EndSARS Campaigners Terrorists
The Federal Government came under fire on Wednesday for tagging of #EndSARS campaigners as terrorists with prominent citizens and groups deploring the Central Bank of Nigeria’s action, which led to the freezing of the accounts of some of the campaigners. The Federal Government had succeeded in freezing the accounts of 20 #EndSARS campaigners after telling a Federal High Court in...
FG Listens To Udensi, Raises Entry Requirement Into Nigeria Police
Nigerians seeking to join the Nigeria Police Force must possess a minimum of Ordinary National Diploma (OND) if a new law being planned to reposition the force and strengthen policing in the country sails through. A security expert, Chikwe Udensi had recently in a chat with ABN TV advised the federal to scrap First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) as the...
#EndSARS: Listen To Youths, Make Changes – CAN President To FG
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN Samson Ayokunle, has advised the Federal Government to listen to the agitation of the youths of the country and make changes. The CAN President noted that the government should know that the youths were formidable and they should be adequately catered for by the government. Ayokunle, stated this on Saturday at the...
