THE concept of White Paper in the official treatment of reports authored by judicial commissions of inquiry is not known to the Nigerian law, leading lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, disclosed on Thursday. (SAN) went legal to stress why the report of the panel that investigated the Lekki tollgate shooting of October 20, 2020, cannot be […]
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THE ignoble attempt by the authorities to cover up the October 20, 2020 slaughtering of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos was recently exposed in the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses submitted to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, but which has […]
Continue Reading The Lagos #EndSARS panel says police officers attempted to cover up the shooting of protesters at Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020.Over the past year, the panel has heard petitions on police brutality and has also investigated the contentious Lekki tollgate incident. In its report submitted on Monday and seen by TheCable, the panel said […]
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United Nations and the United States on Tuesday welcomes the submission of the EndSARS report, urges Government’s commitment to implementing Judicial Panel’s recommendations In a statement made available to journalists yesterday signed by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria Mr Edward Kallon, said that, The United Nations in Nigeria has welcomed the submission […]
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One year after what victims described as genocide against #EndSARS protesters, 300 of them are still in Kirikiri Correctional centre in Lagos prison. The victims were arrested on October 20, 2020, when soldiers stormed the Lekki toll gate in Lagos and allegedly shot at protesters, who had gathered that Tuesday, following a movement to end […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday set up a four-member committee led by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to raise a White Paper on the reports submitted by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. Other members of […]
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A member of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has threatened to make public the “full contents” of the Lekki shooting incident submitted by the body to the state government if the promises to make it public are not fulfilled, the lawyer said in a statement. The panel on Monday submitted its […]
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Four officers of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LSNA) have been suspended for assaulting a protester during the #EndSARS memorial held on Wednesday. The Agency said after investigating a viral video where its officers were seen assaulting Uber driver Adedotun Clement, it found the officers guilty and sanctioned them. The officers were publicly de-kitted […]
Continue Reading The Lagos police command has insisted on crushing the first-year #EndSARS anniversary demonstration from holding in the public, claiming faceless anti-#EndSARS elements have planned to unleash mayhem. This is contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Adekunle Ajisebutu. “The police will only allow an indoor and virtual event in commemoration of the #EndSARS anniversary […]
Continue Reading The Lagos State Judicial Panel probing the October 2020 Lekki Toll Gate shootings has heard that the cartridge casings retrieved from the area of the incident are of the same calibre as the live ammunition of the Nigerian Army. A forensic expert from Sentinel Forensics Ltd, Joseph Kayode, stated this as part of his ballistic […]
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