Estimated Reading Time: 4 As judicial panels set up by State Governors to resolve issues of police brutality and related concerns across the country round up their assignments, the National Economic Council (NEC) is set to convene a special session to review reports of the panels that have now started[Read More…]
Tag: Police Brutality
99 corpses deposited at mortuary during the #EndSARS Protest – Pathologist says
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020 has called for the record of all 99 corpses deposited in the mortuary of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital between October 19 and 24 last year.[Read More…]
#EndSARS: Petitioners get N16.25m Cheques at Lagos Judicial Panel
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters has handed out cheques to four petitioners. Channels Television reports that, at the resumed sitting on Saturday, the panel gave decisions in six petitions and found that the four of them were[Read More…]
Just In: Lagos Judicial Panel invites Inspector General of Police
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Lekki Toll Gate Incident on Tuesday has invited the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed over a case with a Adewale Adewuyi. The counsel to Mr Adewuyi who is on a stretcher,[Read More…]
Breaking: #EndSARS, Lagos judicial panel awards N20m to two victims of police brutality
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality especially involving officers of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has awarded compensations to two petitioners. The two petitioners, Kudirat Obayomi and Hannah Olugbodi were awarded N10 million each on[Read More…]
Breaking: #LekkiTollGate protesters have been granted bail
Estimated Reading Time: 2Protesters arrested by security operatives on Saturday, for demonstrating against the resumption of operations at the Lekki tollgate, have been granted bail. More than 30 youths were arrested at the Lekki tollgate, venue of the protest, and arraigned before a mobile court in Yaba, Lagos. They were[Read More…]
Just In: Nigerian Police deny #EndSARS lawyers access to #Lekkitollgate protesters
Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigerian Police Saturday, denied #EndSARS lawyers access to #Lekkitollgate protesters . A lawyer, Tola Onayemi, who provides legal aid for #EndSARS protesters has revealed that police is denying lawyers access to arrested protesters. Other Lawyers engaged by organisers of the EndSARs protest to secure the freedom of[Read More…]
Lai Mohammed says #EndSARS protesters threatening ”Lagos will burn” again are to be dealt with
Estimated Reading Time: 3Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed has said that, the ”Occupy Lekki Toll Gate” flyers have been circulating online, with the proponents threatening that ”Lagos will burn” again. “As you may be aware, some EndSars proponents have given notice of their plan to return to Lagos – Lekki[Read More…]
Breaking: Federal High court orders CBN to unfreeze accounts of #EndSARS protesters
Estimated Reading Time: 2A federal high court in Abuja has Wednesday, asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters. Ahmed Mohammed, the judge, gave the order on Wednesday after counsel to the CBN and the legal representative of the protesters agreed to[Read More…]
#EndSARS: Lagos Judicial panel hands back control of Lekki Toll Gate to LCC
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of police brutality and other related matters has returned control of the Lekki toll gate plaza to its owners, the Lekki Concession Company (LCC). During the proceedings on Saturday, the Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi, gave[Read More…]
