Tag: Adegboruwa
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Just in: Human rights activist, Adegboruwa writes IGP on planned nationwide protest, asks for protection
Human rights activist Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) has written to the Inspector-General of Police(IGP) Kayode Egbetokun to notify him of planned public meetings, rallies, and processions being organised by a non-governmental body, the Take It Back Movement, all its members, and some other patriotic Nigerians and groups. In a letter dated Friday, July 26, 2024, the…
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Adegboruwa calls on Anambra gov to fish out killers of Fatima, four children
Irked by the killing of a pregnant woman, Fatima, and her four children, by unknown gunmen in Anambra State, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has called on the governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, to fish out their killers, as a sacred duty. Adegboruwa. who made the call via a post on his Facebook…
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#OccupyLekki: I cannot continue to sit at #EndSARS panel –Adegboruwa
Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), on Saturday, demanded for the unconditional release of all protesters arrested at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos. The senior advocate said security agencies have not learnt any lessons from the occurrences of October 20th, 2020. Adegboruwa, who is also a member of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of…
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#OccupyLekkiTollgate, #DefendLagos protests should be shelved –Adegboruwa
A representative of civil society on the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Toll Gate, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has appealed to #OccupyLekkiTollgate and #DefendLagos campaigners to cancel the planned protest and counter-protest slated for Saturday, February 13, 2021. TheNewsGuru recalls that the panel last…
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Lagos should account for Lekki-Ikoyi bridge toll-Adegboruwa
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has requested for the Lagos State Government and the Lekki Concession Company to state the amount of money they have generated since they began to operate the tollgate on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge. Adegboruwa made the demand in a statement on Monday, in which he called on…
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Solicitor General, Human rights activist, Adegboruwa, 36 others bag SAN title
The Solicitor General of the Federation (SGF) and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Adetayo Toba Apata, human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Samuel Adegboruwa and Adedoyin Oyinkan Rhodes-Vivour, wife of Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour of the Supreme Court are among 38 lawyers conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) this year. Chief Registrar and…
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Restriction of movement during elections illegal – Adegboruwa
Activist-lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has said there is no legal basis to restrict movement during elections. He said cited a Federal High Court judgment, which nullified the restriction of movement during environmental sanitation, saying the verdict’s principles ought to apply during elections. Adegboruwa recalled the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu had announced that there…
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Buhari’s clampdown on media houses is suppression of freedom of speech – Adegboruwa
…Says people should expect more clampdowns in the nearest future Vocal human rights activitist and respected lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has said the recent clampdown on media houses by the President Muhammudu Buhari led administration is a breakdown of democratic tolerance, law and order. Adegboruwa’s reaction is coming after the Thursday raiding of the Premium Times…