“In the strongest terms, we refute these baseless allegations and clarify that there was no mass burial at Lekki Tollgate,” stated Dr. Olusegun Ogboye, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in Lagos. He emphasised that the accusations were nothing more than deliberate attempts to misinform the public and tarnish the reputation of the Read More…
Tag: #EndSARS
Lai Mohammed in spotlight over comment linking Peter Obi with #EndSARS
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji. Lai Mohammed, has been criticised over a statement claiming that the October, 2020 EndSARS protest, was allegedly sponsored by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi. Some online reports, yet to be denied by the minister, alleged that he said most of the young men Read More…
Sanwo-Olu cancels #EndSARS peace walk
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has cancelled the Walk for Peace. It was cancelled because of the rise in illnesses arising from the onset of the Omicron-variant of the COVID-19 virus. The walk had been touted to smoothen frayed nerves arising from the events leading to and from the Lekki Toll Gate incident of Oct. Read More…
[Full copy] There was no massacre at Lekki Toll Plaza – Lagos Govt White Paper
Lagos State has rejected findings by a judicial panel that security forces carried out a “massacre” of unarmed protesters last year, maintaining that only one person suffered a gunshot wound, according to a paper issued by the government this week. The judicial panel, which submitted its full report last month, was tasked with investigating October Read More…
34 persons arrested, arraigned by police in Lagos following #EndSARS protest
THIRTY-FOUR persons were arrested by the police following the #EndSARS anniversary protest on Wednesday, The protest, which was to commemorate the one year anniversary of ENDSARS was carried out by a motorcade bearing protesters moving through the Lekki toll gate. The protest, which began at 8am and ended two hours later, was largely peaceful without Read More…
#EndSARS: Protesters plan motorised procession at Toll Gate for Wednesday
On 20th October 2021, organisers of the #EndSARS protests are planning a motorised memorial procession from the Lekki Toll Gate to commemorate last year’s bloody finale to agitations by youths against police brutality. According to one of the organisers, Folarin Falana, otherwise known as Falz the Bad Guy, in an Instagram post, the procession will Read More…
#EndSARS: Lagos CP warns against planned protest
Lagos, Oct. 11, 2021 (NAN) The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Monday warned against any planned protest in the state. A statement signed by the State Police Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, revealed that the command had received information of a planned protest to mark one year of the #EndSARS protest. Read More…
#EndSARS: Anger over slow progress, size of rewards at Nigeria’s police brutality hearings
By Alexis Akwagyiram Ndukwe Ekekwe was furious when he heard how much compensation a judicial panel had awarded him after finding that members of an elite Nigerian police unit tortured him in custody following a raid on his phone accessories shop worth 7,500,000 naira ($18,000). The night after his arrest, he said, officers took him Read More…
Insurance companies pay N4bn #EndSARS claims – NIA
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) said insurance companies paid N4 billion as claims arising from over 2,000 businesses affected by the #EndSARS protests. Mr Ganiyu Musa, Chairman, NIA, disclosed this at a news conference in Lagos on Thursday. Musa also assured customers that all genuine claims emanating from the protests would be paid. He said Read More…
Debo Macaroni arrested, 11 others arraigned before Yaba court for #OcuppyLekkitollgate, released
Popular Nigerian comedian and content creator, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Debo Macaroni, and 11 other Nigerians, who were seemingly passing through the Lekki toll gate, venue of a planned protest, were on Saturday arrested by the Nigerian police, according to the BBC. One of the persons arrested, Damilare Adenola, told the BBC that he Read More…
