*Says ‘massacre’ claim based on speculations, assumptions *Partially accepts recommendations on police operation, welfare Benjamin Omoike After weeks of expectation, the Lagos State Government finally has released its much-publicised White Paper on the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on General Police Brutality Cases and Lekki Incident Investigation, saying that it rejected the claim […]
*Says states can’t probe military, police Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, says the Lagos State judicial panel on police brutality was “illegal and a waste of time”. Keyamo made the comment on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television. The minister said the Lagos State government, which set up the […]
*Says state govts will have to act on reports of their panels before FG will act on the recommendations *US expects responses that address grievances of victims – Blinken *Govt agents attacking Lagos panel members, Adegboruwa raises alarm For the first time since the panels set up by various state governments to probe cases of […]
On the 25th of May, 2020, the whole world reeled in shock following the breaking news of an American citizen who was brutally murdered by a Minneapolis police officer for allegedly buying cigarettes with a phony $20 bill. With the subsequent release of a video clip of the incident which eventually went viral, the whole […]
Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu has said the commission will set up a special investigation panel on the alleged police brutality of a staff of the Women Aid Collectives (WACOL), a non -governmental organisation based in Enugu. Receiving a petition from WACOL Founding Director, Prof. Joy Ezeilo on the alleged police brutality […]
…demands immediate transfer of Steven Hasso and Akin Fakorede Apparently dissatisfied with the performance of security operatives in the Saturday December 10 rerun election in Rivers state, Governor Nyesom Wike, Thursday, took to the streets of Port Harcourt, leading thousands of Rivers people on a protest march against the alleged mass killings and brutality by […]