One TELLA ADESANYA has told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality that he was wrongfully arrested and detained for three days in 2018. TELLA ADESANYA said he was detained on the false allegations that he escaped after knocking down a pedestrian. The petitioner went ahead to present some documents and pictures as evidence…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality and Restitution resumes sitting today, after the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Judicial Panel is also looking into the allegation of shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020. The resumption of the Judicial Panel comes two weeks after it adjourned sitting on December…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Restitution has closed its sitting for the year, after twenty-two sessions. Lasgidi FM’s NAJITE ATIRENE reports that the Panel fixed fifteen new petitions for hearing, Tuesday, December 22, 2020, but was able to take only four, as eleven others were adjourned to January, 2021. Among the…
The Ondo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality has received thirty-two petitions. The petitioners include the Nigeria Correctional Service, which recorded an attempted prison break at its Correctional Centre after the EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums. Chairman of the panel, Justice ADESOLA SADIQ made this known in the state capital, Akure, as the panel…
A security expert has faulted the claim by the Nigerian Army that blank bullets fired from a rifle cannot cause bodily harm. The Commander of the Eighty-One Division Military Intelligence Brigade; Brigadier-General AHMED TAIWO, made the claim in a presentation to the Lagos State Judicial Panel investigating the shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate. A…
• Relaxes curfew from 8AM to 6pm • Calls for end to social media incitement Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU has promised that the Lagos State Government will pay the medical bills of everyone who was injured during the violent demonstrations across the state. Governor SANWO-OLU made the announcement at the State House, Marina, after going around the state…