The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct soldiers not to shoot any of the youths protesting police brutality. NUJ said that as men of the Nigerian Army take over the streets across the country in the name of Operation Crocodile Smile, Buhari should instruct the troops to ensure that none of the protesting youths is killed or brutalised during the exercise. NUJ Chairman in Oyo State, Comrade Ademola Babalola and the secretary, Comrade Sola Oladapo in a statement made available to Newspot, urged the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, to direct…
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The Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion has thrown its support behind the courageous young people of Nigeria for peacefully protesting police brutality, impunity and injustice across the country. In a Press statement read to newsmen by the Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of the church of Nigeria Anglican Communion Most Revd Henry Ndukuba said in unmistakable words of the “the undeniable tales of untold brutality and atrocities allegedly committed by this particular Unit of the Nigeria Police Force”. The Church he said “cannot be silent in the midst of such credible reports of widespread abuse of power and oppression of citizens,…
Protesters around Kings Square in Benin City, the capital city of Edo State have broken the walls of the headquarters of the Nigeria Correctional Centre (Nigeria prisons in Benin). The protesters, after gaining entrance into the prison through the fence freed inmates in the prisons along Benin Sapele Road, near Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ office. Details later…
Defence Minister, Bashir Magashi, has warned End SARS protesters against national security breach. He advised them not to allow their agitation be hijacked by people with ulterior motives. The retired General gave the caution in Abuja on Sunday, when the Coordinator, Buhari Campaign Organisation (BCO), Danladi Pasali led the national and state officials on courtesy visit. Mohammad Abdulkadri, Magashi’s special assistant on media, gave details of the meeting in a statement. Magashi told the group to fortify their flanks and ranks against peneration of mischief makers capable of causing distraction and division. The minister advised them to use their structure…
The United Action For Change (UAC) on Monday urged End SARS protesters to carry on peacefully. The organisation, led by renowned rights activist and lawyer, Muiz Banire (SAN), said all hands must be on deck to end police brutality and make Nigeria better. Banire was a commissioner in Lagos State and former National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). UAC announced that it had formed a team of lawyers to provide free legal services to arrested protesters. In a statement by Acting National Publicity Secretary, Enitan Olukotun and General Secretary, Michael Popoola Ajayi, the group hailed the…
#EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos on Saturday nabbed and handed over a co-protester, for stealing a phone. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer at the Lagos State Command, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Sunday, the protesters who were angry about the incident descended on him and beat him up, before they agreed to hand him over to the police at Maroko Police Station. Adejobi, however, noted that the stolen phone has not been recovered as the suspect passed it on to his fleeing gang members. He said the Force is working on…
#EndSARS protesters on Sunday blocked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) headquarters, calling for an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings. The protest which has lasted over 10 days is also holding in other parts of the country with the protesters vowing not to leave the streets until their demands are met. Although the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu had disbanded the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the wake of the protests, the agitation has continued to gain traction across the country. They have rejected the new tactical unit – Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) – formed…
The ingenuity of Nigerian youths while protesting Police brutality has been consistent as people from different walks of life offer their services pro bono. Helplines and charging ports, among others, have been set up by the protesters to press home their demands. https://twitter.com/fkabudu/status/1317403478516506625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1317403478516506625%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.channelstv.com%2F2020%2F10%2F18%2Fendsars-youths-set-up-helplines-charging-ports-to-support-protesters%2F https://twitter.com/fkabudu/status/1317480327686852611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1317480327686852611%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.channelstv.com%2F2020%2F10%2F18%2Fendsars-youths-set-up-helplines-charging-ports-to-support-protesters%2F The #EndSARS protests have given a platform to the youths to prove they can create a system that works if and when given the opportunity. Most youths serving others in the protests range from 20s, 30s and 40s. These individuals have built an effective multidisciplinary nationwide network in less than a week with less than N100m…
The Special Adviser to the President on Digital Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has said that tremendous progress has been and is still being made to meet the demands of Nigerians protesting against police brutality in the country. “If you look at the 5 for 5, you can see that quite tremendous progress has been made on all of these,” he said in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics. According to him, “never before has police reforms been this high on the agenda of any government since 1999,” so it is unfair to say that government has not or is not…
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State believes the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was helpful in tackling insecurity in some parts of the country. The notorious police unit was last Sunday dissolved by the Inspector-General (IGP), Mohammed Adamu after days of protests calling for its scrapping. But Governor Sule says a reformation of the unit would have been a better option and admitted that every system has its bad sides. Throwing The Baby And The Bathing Water “What the northern governors are saying is: for some of us, SARS has benefited us,” the governor told Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “So, what…