Nigerian army stormed the Lekki Tollgate where the angry youths converged and allegedly opened fire on the unarmed protesters The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on Nigerian youths to ensure that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu does not win the 2023 presidential election. The
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The Federal Government, on Saturday, said social media massacre took place during the End SARS protest. Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, says no single Nigerian was killed at the Lekki Toll Gate when soldiers shot at the protesters who were demonstrating against the excesses of police under the aegis of #EndSARS. Prof. Ibrahim Gambari,
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Reactions continue to trail the shooting of unarmed EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State. In a latest development, Ministers from the South-West part of Nigeria have urged the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency probe the role of soldiers in the shooting of the protesters which happened on Tuesday, October
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The Nigerian Army has said on Sunday that the army will not reveal the identities of soldiers deployed to Lekki Toll Gate area on October 20. This was revealed by the acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and 81 Division’s spokesperson, Major Osoba Olaniyi during an interview. Armed soldiers had on October 20 opened fire
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Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, said on Wednesday that the families of #EndSARS protesters murdered by Nigerian Army in Lekki Lagos are definitely afraid to speak up “because of the type of system we Nigerians operates. According to Falana, who stated this at the “#EndSARS Zoom Meeting Global,” hosted by Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore,
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On the night of 20 October 2020, at about 6:50 p.m, members of the Nigerian Armed Forces opened fire on peaceful End SARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos State, Nigeria A week after it triggered a global outrage over its alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters in Lagos, the Nigerian Army yesterday broke
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Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN) on Monday disclosed that the barracks of the soldiers who shot at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate last Tuesday has been identified. The Senior Advocate while speaking on Arise Tv on Monday said his group, the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) unravelled the mystery and
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Evidence has shown that the Nigerian Army is responsible for the shooting at Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, says footage has shown that the Nigerian Army is responsible for the shooting that occurred at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. On Tuesday, armed men in army uniform
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The apex Igbo socio-cultural and political body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo; and The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere on Saturday, condemned the ongoing destruction of properties and looting by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protests in the country. The groups also condemned the shooting of unarmed protesters at the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos State by soldiers. This
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Nigerians were in shock on Wednesday after a deadly shooting of peaceful protesters in the biggest city Lagos that Amnesty International blamed on security forces. There was no immediate death toll from the incident on Tuesday evening in which witnesses said armed gunmen opened fire on a crowd of over 1,000 people to disperse them
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