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#ENDSARS: Lekki shootings: Activist applies for CCTV footage

#ENDSARS: Lekki shootings: Activist applies for CCTV footage

Human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong has requested for the CCTV records of Lekki Tollgate attack from the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, to enable him prepare and represent his clients in pursuit of their legitimate rights. According to the Sun, the activist reminded the governor that Lagosians are watching to see his response to the application, requested for “Authenticated Copies of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) records showing the attack on #EndSARS Protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020; “Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Instrument setting up the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims…
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SERAP asks ICPC to probe ‘alleged hoarding of covid-19 palliatives in several states’

SERAP asks ICPC to probe ‘alleged hoarding of covid-19 palliatives in several states’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to “promptly, thoroughly, transparently and effectively investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses in several states, which ought to have been distributed to the poorest and most vulnerable people during the lockdown, and to publish the outcome of any such investigation.” SERAP’s petition followed reports that some people have discovered and taken away COVID-19 palliatives stored in warehouses in several states. SERAP in the petition sent to Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, ICPC, asked the agency to “ensure…
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#ENDSARS: Sporadic gunshots as security prevents hoodlums from looting bags of money in Edo warehouse

#ENDSARS: Sporadic gunshots as security prevents hoodlums from looting bags of money in Edo warehouse

Five persons have been reportedly shot dead in Benin, Edo State capital, when youths on Saturday evening attempted to force their way into the Edo Pharmaceutical Company where CA-COVID-19 palliatives are being reportedly kept. The victims who were reportedly shot be security operatives were said to be breaking into the warehouse where they allegedly discovered a large sum of money kept in large bags. Unconfirmed reports also had it that some others died from exhaustion resulting from heat in the warehouse and the ensuing stampede. Recall that residents of the area had invaded the warehouse in the morning and looted…
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#ENDSARS: Woman narrates how IGP team killed her son, inserted gun in her private part

#ENDSARS: Woman narrates how IGP team killed her son, inserted gun in her private part

Mrs Victoria Agori  has narrated how the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring team shot her 21-year-old son, Daniel, in her presence before stripping her naked. The incident happened on May 11, 2019 at 4, Nyege Close, Gbei Road in Nkpolu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The victim was branded a kidnapper and armed robber by the police before being killed. Victiria, 47, said the policemen stormed their house and arrested her two sons – Daniel and David and a family friend before snuffing life out of the first. According to her, the law enforcement agents first shot her David…
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