ENUGU — Ubosi Edward, Speaker Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday after plenary urged the Inspector General of Police to hearken to the yearnings and demands of the masses on disbanding the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS in Nigeria Police Force. He made this call while addressing the mammoth crowd of protesters against SARS that trooped into the House of Assembly Complex in peaceful demonstration against incessant police brutality. “I urge the IG of Police...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday welcomed the dissolution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the police and called on. President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate steps to overhaul and restructure the entire police architecture. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, said the overhaul was necessary to engender professionalism, adherence to rule of law and respect for the fundamental rights of Nigerians. Ologbondiyan...

Prominent Nigerian lawyer, Chief Niyi Akintola, SAN, has offered to join other legal practitioners in the democratic wing of Egbe Amofin Oodua in providing free legal representation to individuals arrested during the EndSARS campaign in some parts of the country. He made the offer in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some Nigerians who took part in the EndSARS...

By Chukwujama Augustina  ONITSHA — Youths in Anambra state, Monday, took to the streets of Onitsha to stage a peaceful march in solidarity with the #EndSARS protests rocking the country. The youth disregarded the statement of the Anambra youth wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, which, on Sunday, called for a cancellation of the planned protest. The Ohaneze youth wing said its decision followed the announcement of the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has criticised the violent attack on policemen and damage to police operational vehicles and other assets by #EndSARS protesters in Ughelli, Delta State. In a statement, the minister ordered a probe into the incident which resulted in the death of Corporal Etaga Stanley attached to ‘A’ Division, Ughelli. One Sergeant Patrick Okuone was reported to have sustained gunshot injuries during the attack. “The IGP has directed the Commissioner of...