Tag: Lekki shootings
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We conducted autopsies on 99 bodies including Lekki Tollgate victims – Pathologist
Professor John Obafunwa, a forensic pathologist, has told the Lagos State Judicial Panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters, that post mortem autopsies were conducted on 99 bodies after the #EndSARS protests. In October, aggrieved protesters trooped to the streets across the country to demand an end to police brutality.Twitter…
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#EndSARS: DJ Switch trends as Nigerians react to US report on Lekki shootings
DJ Switch, Nigerian disc jockey and activist is in the news again over the veracity of her claims on losses recorded during last year’s shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki, Lagos. The new development follows a recent report by the US Department of State that there was no accurate information on the actual casualty figures…
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Lekki shootings: Nigerian Army Ignores Summons, Fails To Appear Before Lagos Panel
The Nigerian Army has again failed to appear before the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters. It’s the third time they’ve failed to honour the summons of the panel for officers involved in the shooting to explain what happened at the Lekki toll gate on the 20th…
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JUST IN: CNN rejects Lagos Panel summon on Lekki shootings
American based Cable News Network, Inc.(CNN) has objected to a Witness Summons by the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution of Victims of SARS Related Abuses for its Team of Reporters to appear before it today (Saturday), December 12, to give evidence on their reportage of the #EndSARS Lekki shooting. The international news outfit…
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BREAKING (Video): 15 Lekki shooting victims storm Lagos Panel
15 protesters who suffered gunshot wounds during the #EndSARS protests in Lagos have visited the Lagos State Court of Arbitration and Mediation in Lekki, venue of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. 14 of them were said to have been shot at Lekki…
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Lekki shootings: CCTV shows soldiers arrived in seven trucks
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Judicial Inquiry investigating the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20 on Saturday resumed the viewing of a CCTV tape submitted by the Lekki Concession Company, operators of the tollgate. The clip showed that the scene was calm until…
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BREAKING: Seven ‘Lekki shootings victims’ appear before Lagos panel
Seven alleged victims of the October 20 Lekki shootings have ‘surfaced’ at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. Their lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika SAN, told the panel he had a petition on their behalf against the Nigerian Army. Olumide-Fusika sought directions from Justice Doris…
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Knocks for Buhari over speedy congratulatory message to Biden, silence on Lekki shootings
President Muhammadu Buhari has come under criticism in the social media space over his speedy congratulatory message to the president-elect of United States, Joe Biden while he has contined to ward off the responsibility of addressing Nigerians on the ugly incident of shootings of protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020. Most of…
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Lekki shootings: Brig Gen stranded as youth representatives desert Lagos panel sitting
The absence of the two youth representatives serving in the Lagos Judicial Panel on EndSARS protest on Saturday stalled proceedings as the panel could not form a quorum. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Nigerian Army had agreed to appear before the panel on Saturday (today) after initially rejecting the panel’s invitation. As at the time…
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Lekki shootings: Lagos judicial panel views submitted CCTV footage
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 now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Friday began viewing the CCTV footage submitted by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC), operators of the Lekki toll gate. Recall…