• Ubani doubts Independence of Panel The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called for an international commission of inquiry on the shooting of EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos State. SERAP made the request in a message to the United Nations and the African Union, eight days after the incident at the Lekki Phase-One Toll Gate…
Two EndSARS campaigners have been nominated for the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality and Lekki Toll Gate Shooting of Protesters. They are RINU ODUALA and MAJEKODUNMI TEMITOPE, who had been among the early set of young Nigerians to join the EndSARS protests in Lagos. RINU ODUALA later confirmed during a television interview that they are…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Shooting of EndSARS Protesters in the Lekki appears to be facing a threat, just as it begins its assignment. This is because a member of the panel and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA has warned that the job of the panel is being hijacked. ADEGBORUWA’s…
The Governor of Lagos, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU has again addressed Lagos residents, as efforts continue to put an end to the violent turn of the EndSARS protests. Governor SANWO-OLU said he sincerely apologise to families of those who lost their lives across the state, saying that the state could have been better protected. SANWO-OLU also said the state…
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, ANTONIO GUTERRES, has called for an end to police brutality in Nigeria. In a statement by his spokesperson, GUTERRES condemned violent clashes that claimed several lives and caused many injuries across Nigeria. He noted that he has been following developments in Nigeria and condemned the shooting of protesters at Lekki in…
Former governor of Lagos State, BOLA TINUBU, says he did not order soldiers to shoot at protesters at the Lekki Phase One Toll Gate on Tuesday night. The APC national leader who reportedly travelled out of Nigeria hours after the Lekki shooting said he was ready to face an inquiry over the incident. TINUBU made the denial…