The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has warned against condemning the military based on the leaked report of the Lagos EndSARS Panel. General Irabor says it was not right for such report to have been leaked, adding that the right thing to do should have been to await the government whitepaper on the report. The…
A member of the Lagos State EndSARS Panel, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has faulted the move by the Lagos State Government to review the final report of the Panel. Adegboruwa says it is wrong for the state government to review the report, having also appeared before the Panel to defend its actions during the EndSARS protest. However, the Senior…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has set up a four-man committee to study the report of the EndSARS Panel and draw up a whitepaper for implementation of the recommendations. The Committee is headed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo. Other members are the Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, the Special Adviser…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of Police Brutality and Other Related Matters has confirmed that soldiers and police shot at peaceful EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20 and 21, 2020. The Panel says the Nigerian Army shot, injured and killed unarmed helpless and defenseless protesters, without provocation or…
Security has been beefed up across Lagos State, with armed policemen keeping watch at strategic locations in different parts of the commercial city. The move comes on the first anniversary of the EndSARS protests, which was broken up on the night of October 20, 2020. That was after thugs were unleashed against the protesters, and security operatives…
The Lagos State Police Command has reinstated its ban on street protests to mark the anniversary of the EndSARS protest of October last year. The State Police Command says it will only allow an indoor and virtual programmes to mark the anniversary of the EndSARS protest, with enough security at such venues. The Police Public Relations Officer,…