The Nigerian Government has been found guilty of human rights abuses in its handling of the #EndSARS protest in October 2020. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice ruled that the Nigerian government’s actions, particularly its use of force at the Lekki Toll Gate in … 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
On October 20 last year, soldiers reportedly opened fire at unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate killing a yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons The Chief Pathologist of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), John Obafunwa, on Saturday, tendered the autopsy documents of 99 deaths resulting from the EndSARS protests in Lagos to the Lagos … Read more
October 26, 2020 The Social Economic Right and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 48 hours to revoke the N9 million fine placed on the African Independent Television, Channels Television, and Arise TV for using unverified video footage in their coverage of the #ENDSARS protest. Issuing this ultimatum in a statement … Read more
October The National Christian Elders’ Forum, (NCEF), says whoever authorised the deployment of troops to attack the protesting youths during the #EndSARS protests, should be court-marshalled for murder. NCEF also strongly suggested that the country should be renegotiated. These are resolutions reached at the end of the forum’s emergency meeting. They noted that the #EndSARS … Read more
October 26, 2020 The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bola Tinubu, has dismissed claims that he relies on payments made at the Lekki toll gate. Tinubu clarification was contained in a statement on Sunday titled ‘The End SARS protests; fundamental lesson in democratic governance’. The former Lagos State Governor has been … Read more
October 25, 2020. The Founder and General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has defined the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) as ‘State-Aided Robbery Squad’. Ekohotblog during his Sunday sermon, the cleric claimed that “although the Special Anti-Robbery Squad has been disbanded, the spirit of … Read more
October 25, 2020. Tinubu has seemingly blamed victims of Lekki shootings for their fate. Ekohotblog reports that Former Lagos State Governor, Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu, queried why the End SARS protesters were at the toll gate at the time of the incident on October 20. He spoke on Saturday after a meeting with Governor Babajide … Read more
#LekkiMassacre, #EndSARS The African Bar Association (AFBA) said it would file criminal complaints against the Nigerian Government before international bodies over the killing of Nigerian youths Report coming to us of how Nigerian Soldiers opened fire on the peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate, killing about nine people and injuring so many others … Read more