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Nigerians Kick Against Reopening Of Lekki Toll Gate

Nigerians Kick Against Reopening Of Lekki Toll Gate

February 7, 2021 10:31 am

Some Nigerians have kicked against the decision of the Lagos State judicial panel of inquiry to reopen Lekki Toll gate.

The panel, probing the alleged killing of End SARS protesters at the Toll Gate, approved the reopening of the Toll Plaza and returned control to its owners, the Lekki Concession Company (LCC).

However, some members of the panel, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa alongside other three members of the panel, Patience Udoh (representing civil society), Rinuola Oduola and Temitope Majekodunmi (representing the youths) rejected the repossession and the reopening of the plaza.

Some Nigerians also took to social …

How Soldiers Made EndSARS Protesters To Jump Into The River

How Soldiers Made EndSARS Protesters To Jump Into The River

November 13, 2020 9:06 am

Report has it that at least six #EndSARS protesters jumped into a river near the Lekki toll gate in Lagos State on the evening of October 20 to escape for their life when the Nigerian Army opened fire on the peaceful protesters.

Nigerians recently took to the streets to call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, which was known for its police brutality, extrajudicial executions, and extortion, the protest which turned bloody after the Military shot at protesters singing the National Anthem and waving the Nigeria flag.

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LCC Submits Footage To Judicial Panel Regarding Lekki Shootings

LCC Submits Footage To Judicial Panel Regarding Lekki Shootings

November 3, 2020 8:05 am

The Lekki Concession Company, operators of the Lekki toll gate, has submitted video footage recorded by its surveillance camera on the night of October 20, 2020, when soldiers allegedly opened fire on #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate.

Read Also: Fashola Discovers Mystery Camera At Lekki Toll Gate (Video)

The Managing Director of LCC, Abayomi Omomuwa, submitted the video footage on Tuesday to the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government to probe the Lekki shootings as well as complaints of human rights abuses against members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

Tendering the …

Insecurity: Government Doing Its Best – Buhari

Buhari Won’t Speak On Lekki Shooting Until Facts Are Established

October 26, 2020 11:39 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday broke his silence on the Lekki Toll Gate shooting, saying he would not comment on it until all facts are established.

The president said expressed his full support to the Judicial panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government and other states to assist the nation to give justice to peaceful protesters who lost their lives, security men who were murdered and property owners whose assets were vandalized and looted.

He appealed to the people all over the country to maintain peace and brotherhood as the machinery of the government and the wheel …

Fashola Discovers Mystery Camera At Lekki Toll Gate (Video)

Fashola Discovers Mystery Camera At Lekki Toll Gate (Video)

October 26, 2020 6:26 am

The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Sunday, discovered a hidden camera at the Lekki Toll Gate, Admiralty Circle, in Lagos.

Fashola, led a Federal Government delegation on the directive of  President Muhammadu Buhari to commiserate with the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the loss of lives and destruction of properties in the violence that rocked the state last week.

Those in the Federal Government’s entourage include Ministers of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Mines and Industries, Olamilekan Adegbite, Niyi Adebayo, Trade and Investments and Olorunnibe Mamora, Health state.

Read Also: Videos Of Lekki Tollgate Shooting Photoshopped

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Attacks In Lagos Planned, Attempt To Weaken South-West Economy

Attacks In Lagos Planned, Attempt To Weaken South-West Economy

October 25, 2020 5:30 pm

South-West Governors have expressed shock over the extent of the destruction of public assets and private properties by hoodlums in Lagos State.

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The Governors and South-West Ministers were in Lagos on Sunday to commiserate with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the destruction of public and private facilities by hoodlums who had hijacked the #EndSARS protests by youths.

The delegation of Governors and Ministers was received by Sanwo-Olu at the State House in Marina, where the Lagos helmsman showed them the pictorial evidence of the violence before visiting some …

EndSARS Northern Governors In Emergency Meeting

EndSARS: Northern Governors In Emergency Meeting

October 22, 2020 2:26 pm

An emergency meeting of the Governors of the 19 Northern States over the violence and tension arising from the nationwide #EndSARS protests, is currently in progress in Kaduna State.

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The #EndSARS protesters had over the past weeks been agitating the scrapping and the extrajudicial killings by the Special Anti Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force. It took place mostly in the Southern parts of the country.

However, youths from the Northern region took to the streets to protest the insecurity in the north under the banner of …

EndSARS: International Criminal Court Receives Information

EndSARS: International Criminal Court Receives Information

October 22, 2020 1:20 pm

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Thursday said her office is paying a close eye on developments in Nigeria.

Read Also: ICC To Probe Nigerian Army Over Attacks On IPOB, Shiites

‘My office has been closely following the events around the current protests in Nigeria and the reaction of Nigeria’s law enforcement and security agencies,’ Bensouda said in a tweet.

‘Any loss of life or injury is concerning. We have received information alleging crimes and are keeping a close eye on developments, in case violence escalates and any indications arise on that Rome Statute crimes may have …

Soyinka Blasts FG Over Use Of Military On ‘Unarmed’ Protesters,

Soyinka Blasts FG Over Use Of Military On ‘Unarmed’ Protesters,

October 21, 2020 4:27 pm

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has condemned the deployment of soldiers by the Federal Government on “unarmed” protesting youths at Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday, in which many persons were feared dead.

Read Also: Nigeria Has Always Been Divided – Presidency Replies Soyinka

Soyinka made the remarks in a lengthy statement he wrote from his A.R.I. Kemta Housing Estate, residence, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday.

The Nobel Laureate, who urged affected state governors to demand from FG immediate withdrawal of armed soldiers from the states, stressed that the Centre had chosen to act in an “authoritarian manner.”

He added that …

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