#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...
Desist From Further Demonstrations – Police Warn Protesters
The Lagos government has asked #EndSARS protesters in the state to heed the warning of the police and desist from a further demonstration. In a statement on Friday, Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information, urged anyone who has a grievance against the police to approach the judicial panel of inquiry. After #EndSARS protesters were forcefully dispersed following incidents of violence, some of...
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...
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...
BREAKING: Lagos Judicial Panel Reviews CCTV Footage Of Lekki Shooting
The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government to probe the Lekki toll gate shootings and complaints of human rights abuses against members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on Friday, began the review of the CCTV footage submitted by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC), operators of the Lekki toll gate. The Managing Director of...
Why We Seized Passport Of #EndSARS Activist – Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says the passport of Modupe Odele, an #EndSARS advocate, was not seized as a result of the campaign against police brutality. Odele, a legal practitioner and member of the Feminist Coalition, had narrated how NIS officials stopped her from travelling out of the country. The Feminist Coalition, which is the promoter of the #EndSARS protest, raised about N147...
Police Respected Nigerians During Protests, Social Media Escalated Violence – IGP
Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, has declared that social media was the biggest weapon used to escalate End SARS protests. He spoke on Thursday in Owerri when he visited Governor Hope Uzodinma on Thursday. Adamu inspected damages done to both public and private properties by hoodlums. The IG hailed police officers for acting in a professional manner during the unrest. “Our men acted...
I’m In Full Support Of Social Media Regulation – Uzodinma
Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state, has expressed support for the move to regulate social media. Many Nigerians have kicked against the planned regulation of social media, describing it as a breach of their rights to expression. Already, a bill on the regulation is before the national assembly and has scaled second reading at the senate. Speaking when he received Mohammed Adamu,...
Army To Appear Before Judiciary Panel Over Lekki Shooting
The Nigerian Army, contrary to its decision last week, will appear on Saturday before the Lagos State Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS peaceful protesters by soldiers on October 20 at the Lekki tollgate. Sources close to the retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel confirmed to The PUNCH on Thursday that the army had acknowledged the panel’s invitation...
We Won’t Tolerate Any Protest In Lagos, Police Warn
The Lagos police command says it will resist any attempt to organise protest within the state. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, police public relations officer in the state, announced this in a statement on Thursday. He said the command gathered information that some persons within the state are planning to regroup for the #EndSARS protest. The spokesman said such demonstrations, whether peaceful or violent, will...
