A lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Dr Justin Nwankwo on Tuesday, told the State Panel of Enquiry on Police Brutality, Extra-Judicial Killings and Other Related Matters that the defunct SARS ruptured his scrotum in the process of torturing him in 2013. He requested for compensation for being unjustly branded a kidnapper and
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#EndSARS: Armed men barricade Awkuzu SARS as protesters’ besiege facility in search of dead bodies
Some group of armed men on Friday barricaded the headquarters of the recently disbanded police arm, Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Awkuzu, Anambra State following plans by thousands of youths to search the compound. The brick wall met by the protesters led to blocking the Enugu-Onitsha expressway, after they were engaged in a sharp
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Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has sacked his Senior Special Adviser on Security, Mr James Nwafor in an effort to appease the EndSARS protesters. The protesters had accused Nwafor who was formerly the commander of SARS in Anambra, of alleged killing and maiming many youths in the state. The protesters had on Wednesday blocked
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