Lagos White Paper rejects Panel’s death figure, says one killed in Lekki toll gate

Lagos State Government has rejected the resolution of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters that no fewer than nine persons lost their lives when armed soldiers stormed the Lekki toll gate to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020. This claim, which was contained in […]

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Lagos Judicial Panel shares list of people killed or missing after the Lekki toll gate’s #EndSARS shooting

The Lagos State Judicial Panel headed by Justice Doris Okuwobi (rtd) has shared a list of people killed and declared missing after the shooting at Lekki toll gate during the #EndSARS protest in October 2020. In its 309-page report which has been made public, the panel listed 48 names as casualties of the October 20, […]

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Brutal killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate can compare to a massacre ―Lagos EndSARS panel says

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has said that the atrocious killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate on the night of October 20, 2020, can be equated to a ‘massacre’ in context. The Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel made this known in […]

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Nigerian man who flew in from Canada for #EndSARSMemorial Protest, arrested, hit as he speaks to the Press at Lekki toll gate (Video)

Nigerian man who flew in from Canada and was at the Lekki tollgate to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting during the #EndSARS protest of 2020 has been arrested by the police. A video of him being grabbed and hit by the police while he was speaking to the Press has been shared online. […]

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Police officers harassed Arise TV crew covering the #EndSARSMemorial protest at Lekki Toll Gate, tried to seize their drone (Video)

A video which showed moment police officers harassed Arise TV crew covering the #EndSARS protest memorial at Lekki Toll Gate and also tried to seize their drone, has been shared online. The drone which the police officers tried seizing, was reportedly recording the protest in real time at the venue. British-born Arise TV journalist, Adefemi Akinsanya has been identified as […]

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99 bodies were deposited at the mortuary, 3 were from Lekki toll gate ―Pathologist tells Lagos #EndSARS judicial panel

A consultant anatomic and forensic pathologist, Prof. John Obafunwa on Saturday, June 5, told the Lagos state judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters, that the coroner’s office conducted post mortem autopsies on 99 bodies between the October 20 and 27 during and after the #EndSARS protest. Channels TV […]

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Jimi Agbaje says he will remove Lekki toll gate if elected

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has promised to dismantle the Lekki Toll Gate, if voted into power in 2019. Mr. Agbaje described the fee being collected at the toll gate as illegal and wrongful. The PDP guber candidate noted that though the toll gate was built […]

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