The Lagos state government has said the bodies of 103 victims of #EndSARS protest in 2020 prepared for mass burial were not from the Lekki tollgate. In a statement released the state government on Sunday, it said no dead body was retrieved from the Lekki toll gate as a result of the protest. The statement […]
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The Government of Lagos State has expressed concern that the value of damage to property affecting various parastatals during the protest of ENDSARS is yet to be determined, several months after. Special Adviser, Parastatals Monitoring Office, Afolabi Ayantayo, disclosed this during the ministerial press briefing on Tuesday to commemorate the second anniversary of the Governor […]
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Action Group on Free Civic Space in Nigeria, an NGO has alleged that bodies of murdered victims by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives were sold to University Teaching Hospitals as cadavers for the teaching and practice of medicine in tertiary institutions. The organisation made the call when it presented its report on alleged […]
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The Lagos State, Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has ordered the immediate release of End SARS protesters. Recall that the protesters alongside Instagram comedian, Mr Macaroni were arrested at the Lekki toll gate on Saturday morning. The suspects were detained at Area J police command, Elemoro, Ibeju Lekki. According to TVC, CP Odumosu ordered that […]
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The Nigerian Army’s legal team representing it before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses has said the panel lacks the power to sanction its clients over the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020. Kehinde Akinlolu, a Senior Advocate […]
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The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday tackled Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s alleged claim that it will take N1 trillion to restore all properties and facilities destroyed by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests in the state. The PDP disagreed with Sanwo-Olu and the ruling All Progressive Congress […]
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Former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has debunked speculations that he fled Lagos State when as the state witnessed rising violence and destruction of properties. Tinubu said this when he spoke to journalists after he paid a visit to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State, […]
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As a followup to calls on social media for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on account of its nefarious activities, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has ordered immediate re-organisation of the unit. The police boss in a statement by the force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood on Monday in Abuja also ordered the investigation of […]
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The Nigeria Police Force has responded to allegations of torture and crimes levelled against the the special anti-robbery squad (SARS), which was established by the Nigeria police to fight violent crimes. On Saturday, Nigerians took to the social media to condemn the disregard for human lives which they say is evident in operations of SARS […]
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