#EndSARS
Commissioner of Police in Lagos will be questioned on the events at the Lekki Toll Gate, the venue for last Saturday’s planned #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests. This was confirmed by the Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, in a televised interview. During the protest, comedian Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr. Macaroni, along with some others […]
Nigeria Army is insisting that soldiers did not shoot at protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos State. In a statement, the Acting Deputy Director, 81 Division, Army Public Relations, Osoba Olaniyi, however said soldiers were deployed to ‘restore normalcy’ in the area. Olaniyi described reports of a massacre by the […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says Nigerians killed before, during, and after the #EndSARS protests will get justice. According to the Speaker, who sympathized with the residents in the country as a result of the killings, Nigeria’s unity remained non-negotiable. During a visit to condole the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, […]
Following last night’s shooting at the Lekki toll gate, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an investigation into the incident and called on Lagosians to remain calm. Sanwo-Olu advised security agents not to arrest anyone because of the curfew, which is to last for twenty-four hours. The Governor in a statement signed by the Commissioner for […]
Wading into the protests across the country against police brutality, the Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that no Nigerian’s blood should be spilled. Taking to Twitter, Jonathan who described the protest as peaceful, said the move would advance the cause of Nigeria. The ex-president said though people were free to hold different […]
#NewsUpdate The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro, has weighed in on the #EndSARS conversation, saying thou the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) has been bastardised, it cannot and shouldn’t be scrapped. Okiro says SARS started around 1991 when Shina Rambo, a notorious armed robber, held sway in the criminal underworld. Okiro reiterates that […]
SARS Remember our #EndSARS conversation? Well, it paid off. They listened an in response to our complaint this happened. Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, has ordered the immediate re-organization of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, across the country. Ibrahim in a statement today said he had no doubt that SARS had been doing well in […]
In recent days, Nigerians have come out to share personal stories of brutality and inhumane treatment meted out on them by the Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police. These stories have a pattern to it, it is that men of SARS have been constantly harassing, molesting, beating and sometimes killing people for doing absolutely nothing. […]
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