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Nigeria: #EndSARS - IG Panics Over Botched Suit Against Panels, Moves to Avert Sanction
This Day, 5 December 2020
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has spent the last 24 hours struggling to convince top shots in the Presidency that he was unaware of the lawsuit that came up on… Read more »
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Nigeria: #EndSARS - We're Now Hunted By Attacks on Security Agents - Lai Mohammed
Vanguard, 5 December 2020
MINISTER of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has blamed fake news, social media and unbalanced coverage of the recent #EndSARS protests for the sagging morale among… Read more »
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Nigeria: #EndSARS - IG Orders Withdrawal of Police Suit Seeking to Stop Judicial Panels
Premium Times, 4 December 2020
This comes barely 24 hours after the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, denied giving approval for filing the suit. Read more »
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Nigeria: #EndSARS - Judge Berates 'Rowdy' Lawyers at Panel Hearing
Premium Times, 4 December 2020
The proceedings, which started on a calm note with a witness testifying before the panel in a case, became rowdy when it was time for cross-examination. Read more »
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Nigeria: Victims' Families, Hospitals Threatened, Bribed to Keep Sealed Lips, #EndSARS Protester Tells Panel
Vanguard, 4 December 2020
No fewer than 15 ENDSARS protesters, Friday, came to protest at the Lagos State Court of Arbitration and Mediation in Lekki, venue of Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and… Read more »
Nigeria's Inspector General Goes After Police in Brutality Case
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the withdrawal of a suit earlier filed by the police seeking to disband judicial commissions of enquiries investigating alleged cases of brutality by the defunct Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). This comes hours after Adamu denied giving approval for the suit. He had also ordered an immediate investigation into the origin of the suit and the suspension of the head of the legal unit of the police. The Presidency is reportedly angered by the decision to set up the various panels of enquiry.
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According to the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, investigations by the government revealed that linked those living in the buildings to the destruction of ... Read more »
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Following the resolution by some UK parliamentarians to call for sanctions against top Nigerian officials and security agents involved in alleged violations of #EndSARS protesters' ... Read more »
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The Nigerian army has said allegations that soldiers has fired into a crowd of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate, was "fake news". This follows several news reports showing ... Read more »
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that he will do whatever it takes to ensure that a repeat of #EndSARS protest does not occur in Nigeria. Buhari added that the ... Read more »
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The organisers of the #EndSARS protests that shook Nigeria and captivated the world, saw thousands of youth taking to the streets, protesting against the police's Special ... Read more »
Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu (file photo).
