The 9-man judicial panel of Inquiry was inaugurated on October 19, 2020 by the Lagos State Government EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Judicial Panel on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters has held its valedictory sitting after 131 proceedings. Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi, who read out … Read more
Police have approved #EndSARS protest in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has made a U-turn on its earlier warning against any gathering or organisation of protest in commemoration of the first anniversary of last year’s #EndSARS protest in the state. The police commissioner, while addressing … Read more
IPOB has given a fresh update on Monday and Tuesday sit-at-home order. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from a statement alleged that it had directed a sit-at-home on October 18, 19 and 21 for its leader, and one year anniversary of #EndSARS protest. The group said … Read more
The residents of the Lagos State have been thrown into panic as Lekki rally looms over #EndSARS protest. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the rally being planned by some Nigerian youths to commemorate the first anniversary of last year’s bloody #EndSARS nationwide protests has thrown the residents of Lagos State into panic. This online news platform … Read more
Rapper Falz has alleged that Governor Babajide Sanwoolu is seeking to stop the Lekki toll gate anniversary event from holding He accused the governor of organising a program to distract youths from the remembrance Ekohotblog reports that Nigerian rapper and singer, Folarin Falana popularly kmown as Falz has accused the Lagos state governor of deliberately … Read more
Nigerian singer, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido, has recounted how he got into trouble for supporting the #EndSARS movement. In an interview on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, the Afrobeat singer revealed that he had to leave the country for a while. READ ALSO: Mercy Eke Acquires Second House In Lagos For 28th … Read more
Nigerian female jockey, DJ Switch has taken to social media to speak on the rumour that she was granted asylum in Canada after the Lekki Massacre in 2020 during the EndSars protest. You would recall that on October 20, 2020, DJ Switch livestreamed the massacre that took place in Lekki when armed military men opened … Read more
. . .the decision before Nigerians is a pre-emptive one; one that will prevent the next #EndSARS protest rather than necessitate it. The phenomenon of political defection is by no means new in Nigeria’s increasingly dramatic political arena. Since the advent of civilian rule in the country, it has become par for the course to … Read more
Odubona informed the panel that the police were not deployed to the Lekki tollgate on the day of the shooting… An Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations) in Lagos, ACP Oludotun Odubona, has told the State Judicial Panel of Inquiry that hospitals that allegedly treated gunshot victims from the Lekki toll gate made no reports to … Read more
…the blanks didn’t match the records from the Nigerian Army’s inventory A forensics company, Sentinel Forensic Limited, has confirmed that bullets expelled from firearms during the #EndSARS protest in Lagos on October 20, 2020, were from the Nigerian Army. The company’s representative, Joseph Kayode Funsho, made this known during the panel’s sitting on Friday. According to … Read more
The witness testified that the highest level of gladiated force was needed to protect these installations, but this was dependent on executive approval… The Lagos State judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters, today, listened to the testimony of Oludotun Odubona, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations … Read more
They premised their application on her continued absence at the proceedings of the panel One of the Coordinators of the #EndSARS protests, Serah Ibrahim holds a live bullet as evidence while giving her testimony before the panel on April 17, 2021. One of the Coordinators of the #EndSARS protests, Serah Ibrahim again failed to show … Read more
The front-loading process means that the petitioners will state their petitions in writing and the panel will adopt it and begin cross-examination The Lagos Judicial Panel set up to ensure restitution for victims of SARS and other related abuses has said it will begin the process of front-loading as a means of hastening hearings of … Read more
Since its inauguration and commencement of sitting, the panel has heard and concluded 37 petitions while 109 petitions remained unheard necessitating the request for an extension of time. The tenure of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has been extended for another three months. The … Read more
Obafunwa had testified that of the 99, only 3 bodies were labelled as #EndSARS Lekki. The identities of all three male victims still remain unknown The Lagos Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS and other related abuses has admitted in evidence post mortem results and Compact Discs of all 99 corpses deposited at … Read more
The panel was inaugurated on Oct. 28, 2020 after the #EndSARS nationwide protest. The Bayelsa Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and other Related Offences has directed the police to pay a total of ₦21 billion to victims of extra-judicial killings. Chairman of the Panel, Justice Young Ogola (rtd.), disclosed this while submitting the … Read more
Adejobi stressed that Lagos State cannot afford to record a repeat of the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protest in the state. Security operatives led by the police, on Friday, began a show of force in major areas in Lagos to warn Yoruba Nation agitators against any form of rally slated to hold in the … Read more
Muri-Okunola was cross-examined by counsels to the #EndSARS protesters, Olumide Fusika and Adeshina Ogunlana on the authenticity of the video he presented The Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has said there were no bloodstains at the scene of the October 20, 2020, Lekki shooting incident when the state governor visited. Muri-Okunola said this … Read more
More than two years after Kolade Johnson’s death, the Lagos panel compensated the deceased’s family The judicial panel inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government has awarded the sum of ₦10 million to the family of late Kolade Johnson. Johnson was killed in 2019 by police officers at Onipetesi area in Lagos, while watching … Read more
According to the Ooni’s wife, she was touched by the plight of the baby and the mother and decided to come personally to witness the christening of the baby and give support to them. The baby born in prison by an 18-year-old girl, Kemisola Ogunniyi, who was arrested during the End SARS protest in Akure, … Read more