The five mobile courts reactivated to try violators of the lockdown order in the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday convicted no fewer than 20 violators. Mr. Ikharo Attah, Chairman, FCT Movement Restrictions Enforcement Team, announced this in Abuja while giving an update on the level of compliance with the regulations put in place to control the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. Attah explained that the convicts were fined between N1,000 and N5,000, adding that those...

The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has urged security operatives to fish out personnel involved in alleged extrajudicial killings during the March 30 to April 13 COVID-19 lockdown in the country. A statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi, National Coordinator of COPA, stated that the alleged extra-judicial killings by security agents had continued to rise more than the COVID-19 death. Olajengbesi stated that reports by the National Human Rights Commission...