The compensations range from between ₦500,000 to about ₦10 million EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has compensated 20 victims who suffered various violations of their rights in the hands of police officers and men of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations had … Read more
Police operatives have fired tear gas at Lekki toll gate protesters over the #EndSARSMemorial protest in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that police operatives, on Wednesday, fired tear gas at the Lekki toll gate to disperse the protesters. This online news platform reports that the police’s action led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter. … Read more
A popular Nigerian journalist has arrested at Lekki Tollgate during #EndSARS Memorial Protest in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a journalist of Legit.ng has been arrested by security operatives at the Lekki toll gate on Wednesday. The journalist’s phone, EKOHOTBLOG reports, was taken from him as he was confined to a vehicle belonging to security operatives. Recall that … Read more
Popoola told the court that the “ID breached procedural fairness by rejecting his testimony without providing adequate reasons”. Olushola Wazzi Popoola, a former operative of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS), is has been found ineligible to seek asylum in Canada. A federal Court in the Ottawa, the Canadian capital, declined the asylum application of Popoola, … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has been ordered National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to arrest four Police officers mentioned in alleged extra-judicial killing. The officers were mentioned in alleged extra-judicial killing of Ovoke Onomrehino on June 29, 2019 in Ethiope East Local Government area of Delta. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has been … Read more
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun, must not be allowed to metamorphose into a replica of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. “I have told them anytime you want us to come and assist, we will come even if it is … Read more
Following the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos judicial panel has been set up to address matters arising. On Tuesday at the judicial panel, Okolie Abunike, a lawyer recounted how a police counsel assaulted him in 2019 while trying to serve a court order in 2019. Okolie narrated his ordeal during cross-examination by Emmanuel Eze, counsel to … Read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday says it has provided the Attorney General (AGF) and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami all relevant materials needed to prosecute 33 ex-operatives of the now scrapped Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) indicted for impunity and rights abuses. Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, made the claim in reaction to … Read more
Despite the vehement insistence on the retention of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) by northern governors, some state panels have continued to receive petitions from individuals on police harassment. You will recall that an an unprecedented demonstration rocked the country in October after youth in their thousands hit the streets across the country to protest … Read more
I Became Paralyzed After SARS Officers Pushed Me From A Two-Storey Building – Trader Narrates Ekohotblog, November 3, 2020… One trader, Ndukwe Ekwekwe, has narrated how police officers of the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) made him paralyzed. Ekekwe who came in on a wheelchair to the Lagos State Judicial Panel Investigating cases of police brutality … Read more
Ndubuisi Obiechina, a teacher, has recounted her ordeal in the hands of the disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS). Obiechina disclosed how she lost her two-month pregnancy in custody. She made the disclosure when she appeared before the judicial panel Lagos state government set up to probe police brutality. Obiechina said she was arrested in 2017 … Read more
A couple, Mrs Ndubisi Obiechina and Mr Ndubisi Obiechina, giving evidence against the disbanded SARS before the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Saturday A teacher, Mrs Ndubisi Obiechina, has narrated how she lost two pregnancies while in custody of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) over a suspect to which she was distantly acquainted. Narrating … Read more
The UK government has admitted providing training and equipment to Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), after initially denying any ties. The minister for Africa James Duddridge, who is one of Boris Johnson’s ministers, admitted British officials had trained officers from the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) between 2016 and 2020. In a letter sent to … Read more
Ekohotblog, 24th October, 2020 Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that the terms of reference of the Judicial Panel set up by the state government to investigate brutality and rights violation by officers of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has been expanded. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed the terms of reference of the … Read more
Zamfara State Needs SARS – Governor Matawalle Insists Ekohotblog, October 23, 2020 Governor Bello Matawalle has stated that the recently disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is highly needed in Zamfara state to secure lives and properties. The Governor told newsmen after a meeting with Northern Governors in Kaduna. According to Matawalle, the now-disbanded FSARS has … Read more
Pandemonium broke in Ikotun, Alimosho area of Lagos State following the killing of about five hoodlums who were shot dead by Mobile Police, Mopol, after attacking a popular supermarket and looted various items in the process. Earlier, a Mopol officer and another person believed to be a police informant were allegedly killed by hoodlums in … Read more
Dreaded SARS Boss, CSP James Nwafor Spotted In Ghana Ekohotblog, October 21, 2020… Dreaded SARS boss, CSP James Nwafor who has been on the run for days now, has been found in Ghana. He was spotted in Kumasi, Ghana suspected to be his hideout since he was declared wanted in Nigeria for brutalizing youths in … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has inaugurated the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on SARS brutality and Human Rights violations in the state. The constitution of the panel followed protests against police brutality and demands for justice for victims of police irresponsibility. The chairman of the panel is Justice Doris Okuwobi (rtd). The panel is expected … Read more
October 16, 2020 Over 30 suspects in the custody of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ikeja have fled in a jailbreak. The suspects, said to be armed robbery, kidnapping and murder suspects, including a man caught with three rifles, allegedly fled after tricking the Station Officer (SO) that there was an emergency inside the … Read more
Presidential Panel The Police Service Commission (PSC) said on Friday at least 37 former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) had been pencilled down for dismissal from service by a presidential panel set up by the Federal Government to reform the controversial police unit. The PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, who disclosed this in … Read more