Echoes Doyin Okupe, Nigerian politician, in similar call Nigerians protesting against what they condemn as police brutality must end their daily demonstrations and enter into dialogue with the government on law enforcement reforms, the youth minister said on Monday. Thousands of Nigerians calling for an end to alleged brutality and for law enforcement reforms have Read More…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Monday inaugurated members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) abuses in Lagos State. Speaking at the inauguration at the State House, Marina, Sanwo-Olu said that the panel was set up to investigate cases of brutality and human rights Read More…
Police stations attacked The ongoing peaceful protest against Police brutality and good governance in the country may have been hijacked by suspected hoodlums who broke into the Benin Custodial Centre at Sapele Road, Benin causing jailbreak. The hoodlums’ action on Monday at the facility, popularly called “White House’’ saw many prisoners escaping, though the number Read More…
Young Nigerians boost #EndSARS protests Ozioma Egemasi says Nigerian police slapped, whipped and struck him with the butt of a pistol when he refused to pay them a bribe. Then he heard them discuss whether to kill him. Demonstrators gather beside an electronic billboard displaying the slogan “End police brutality”, during a protest in Lagos, Read More…
Thousands of people have been taking to the streets of Lagos over the past week to protest against police brutality – and Irianele Virtuous has always been there, always working behind the scenes. Her mission? To support her fellow demonstrators. “My focus is making sure people in these large gatherings don’t get dehydrated,” said the Read More…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will help train Nigeria’s new tactical force as thousands nationwide continued to march against police brutality and in demand of further reforms, Nigeria’s police inspector general said in a statement on Sunday. Protests began roughly two weeks ago demanding the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Read More…
Nigerians protesting police brutality have hit the streets across Africa’s most populous nation for more than a week, and the hashtag #EndSARS trended on Twitter even after the police promised to dismantle the controversial unit on Oct. 11. What is SARS, what attempts have been made to address police abuses in Nigeria and what do Read More…
Felicia Okpara, one of the ladies assaulted by members of Area C Command of the Nigeria Police at Ojuelegba on Monday recalls that she had the first share of police brutality when she was just 12. I had my first share of police brutality in 2005. I was a minor, I was only 12 years Read More…
Felicia Okpara, a 27 year-old single mum, happened to be among the protesters, who men of the Nigeria Police, Area C Command, were caught on video brutalising. We were able to capture her story. She spoke to Nkanu Egbe. Below is the full text of the interview: LM: Felicia, it’s great to have you this Read More…
Police brutality victim unhappy with the number of police officers in orderly room trial Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, raised a seven-man Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution to investigate cases of brutality and human rights violations committed by operatives of the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the State. The move Read More…