ABUJA  — Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture has described the report by the Lagos judicial panel as a reappraisal of the unverified fake news According to him, the report submitted by the panel set up to probe police brutality and the shooting at the Lekki tollgate is riddled with discrepancies. The report which said the incident at Lekki Toll Gate was a “killing of unarmed protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020 and...

YOLA — The Judicial Panel of Inquiry into alleged brutality of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS in Adamawa State Monday submitted its report to government in three volumes consisting of recommendations, submissions and exhibits. The committee was inaugurated in October pursuant to the directives of the National Economic Council following the nationwide protests last year against the disbanded security squad. Presenting the report, Chairman of the 13-member Judicial Panel of Enquiry, Retired Justice Adamu...

ABUJA  — Following the recent release of the Lagos State EndSARS Judicial Panel Reports, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told the visiting United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, that his government will allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait for pronouncements from state governments which set up panels to probe police brutality in the country. Buhari said this on Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience...

ABUJA — the Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations on Friday, ordered that the police produce rtd SP Monday Christopher to appear before it to answer to the alleged disappearance of Lukman Suleiman. The panel is investigating by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force. The 11-member panel which is chaired by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Suleiman Galadima, gave this order at the hearing...

ABUJA — The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded the arrest and prosecution of the security operatives behind the invasion of Mary Odili’s residence. Security forces made of police and military officers had conducted a search on Odili’s apartment on Friday, citing information on ongoing illegal activities as the basis for their action. The officers who identified themselves as members of a joint task force said they had received information of illegal activities going...