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Nov

2020

Abia Panel of Inquiry: How I Was Brutalized By Isuikwuato Police DPO… Lawyer Laments

CRIME#Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest, Abia state panel of inquiry on police brutality

By Charity UwakweFollowing the measures deployed by the various state governments to put under proper check the excesses of the men of the Nigeria Police, Abia State Panel of Inquiry on police brutality, harassment and extrajudicial killing, were today enveloped in consternation as more piteous and unbelievable incidents as regards the nefarious acts of the uniform unfold on daily basis. This is a pathetic story of 9 legal practitioner and a petitioner Alagbe Kalu Uche, who narrated how he was assaulted by the DPO of Isiukwuato Police Station, Asuquo Inyang Inyang Abia State. The Complainant stated that he had gone…

Nov

2020

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Abia Panel On Police Brutality:<br>How I Lost My Pregnancy To Police Brutality, Woman Narrates Ordeal

Abia Panel On Police Brutality:
How I Lost My Pregnancy To Police Brutality, Woman Narrates Ordeal

CRIME#EndBadGovernment, #EndExtraJudicialkilling, #Endpolicebrutality, Abia panel on police brutality

Dr. Aṅụrịka Kalunta of Aguiyi Ironsi Layout, Umuahia, has narrated how heavily armed policemen had invaded her home, in the early hours of Monday, 5th of October, 2020. The victim shared the agonising experience today, at Aguiyi Ironsi Layout, Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, during the second sitting of the Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and other Related Matters. Narrating her ugly experience, Dr. Kalunta told the panel that gatekeeper had suddenly ran up to her in the kitchen where she was preparing dishes in readiness for the funeral ceremony of her late father which…

Nov

2020

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EndSARS: CHRICED Criticizes CBN Freeze On Protesters Bank Accounts

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The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has taken a swipe at the recent show of human rights violations, and state-sanctioned attacks aimed at silencing critical citizens’ voices, especially in the wake of the #EndSARS protests. The Executive Director of the centre, Dr. Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, said on Sunday in a statement that the attempt by the government to further muzzle voices demanding an end to police brutality and accountable governance, with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently obtained an ex parte order to freeze accounts of individuals said to be funding the #EndSARS protests is…

Nov

2020

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Tears! Detailed Untold Story of what happened at Lekki Toll Gate *Lekki shooting and the floating corpse

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At about 6:45 p.m. on October 10, men in military uniform arrived at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos in three Toyota Hilux vans and immediately began shooting into a crowd of peaceful protesters gathered there waving the Nigerian green and white flag and reciting the national anthem. Protesters and other witnesses at the toll gate claimed several people were injured and killed in the shooting. A popular Disc Jockey, DJ Switch, who streamed the incident live on Instagram, claimed that the soldiers, after the shooting, took the dead away. She also claimed that a team of police officers arrived…

Oct

2020

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EndSars: Deploy Experts To Train Nigeria Police, Popular Nollywood Actor, Mama G Junior Tells FG *Accuses proscribed SARS of stealing with POS in Delta

NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest, Brenda Eve Ndukwe

A famous Nollywood Actor, has urged the Federal government of Nigeria to invite personnel with expertise in security to orientate the Nigeria Police, saying it will help restore the lost sanity into the system.Brenda Eve Ndukwe (Akwaugo) popularly known in the industry as Mama G junior of Oboro, in Ikwuano LGA of Abia state, gave this hearty advice while reacting to the indiscriminate use of firearms by men of the Nigeria Police on unarmed, innocent Nigerians as is being sung in the mouth of all and sundry.The Akwaugo 1 of Ikwuano who is currently the Financial Secretary, Actors Guild of…

Oct

2020

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Aftermath of #EndSars protest: I8 Arrested, Arraigned in connection with killing, looting and burnings in Abia

CRIME#EndBadGovernment, #EndExtraJudicial killing, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest

By Charity UwakweThe Abia state Command, under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede has reiterated that the command as ever is committed to ensuring that residents of the state observe a peaceful Yuletide despite the trauma instigated by the nationwide protest.CP Agbede stated this at the Police Headquarters, off Bende Road, in Umuahia, the state's capital, during the arraignment of 18 suspects who were arrested in connection with the killings, looting and burnings accompanied by the#EndSars protests.She said: "On October 4, 2020, the Inspector General of Police, IGP MohammedAbubakar Adamu NPM, Mni, in response to what…

Oct

2020

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#EndSars Protest: Nigeria Police, Less Funded… CEO, Trustlink *Insists on scholarship for reputable police officers’ children, other incentives

SECURITY#EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest, Amb Eld. Dr. Chukwunazom Cyra Obi, Trustlink Ventures Nig. Ltd

By Charity Uwakwe Chairman/CEO of Trustlink Ventures Nig. Ltd, in affiliation with Tex American Investigative and Security Services Inc, USA has blamed the hike in extortion and other corruptible acts of the Nigeria Police, on the outright negligence of the Federal government of Nigeria over the years. Amb Eld. Dr. Chukwunazom Cyra Obi while reacting to the Nationwide protests in an exclusive interview with Famous Reporters lamented that the Police had over the years been inadequately funded in the country. Dr. Chukwunazom, however, explained that the essence of the said protest was misconstrued by some individuals, who according to him…

Oct

2020

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Lekki Mayhem: Lawyer files N10bn suit against Buhari, Buratai, others over bloodbath

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #federal government of Nigeria, #President Mohammadu Buhari, Barr. Olukoya Ogungbeje

Barr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a N10billion fundamental rights suit against President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and 10 others over last Tuesday night shootings at EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. In the suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Ogungbeje is urging the court to declare that “the brutal shooting and killing and use of brute force against unarmed, defenceless and peaceful protesters/Nigerian citizens engaging in the EndSARS peaceful protest on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki tollgate was illegal, unlawful, undemocratic, oppressive, wicked and unconstitutional.” Ogungbeje wants…

Oct

2020

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#EndSars: I Washed Someone’s Toilet To Acquire Skills In Ghana<br>… Nigerian Guy Narrates Ugly Experience With SARS upon arrival

#EndSars: I Washed Someone’s Toilet To Acquire Skills In Ghana
… Nigerian Guy Narrates Ugly Experience With SARS upon arrival

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Ex-Police officer's son, Uchegbulam Onyinyechi Faith has narrated his ordeal in the horrible hands of SARS shortly after his arrival from Ghana where he had engaged in a dirty kind of job in a bid to acquire a skill. According to him, the Police officers had arrested him in March, 2020 and wrongfully accused him of involvement in Cyberspace fraudulence. Hear his painful story: My name is Uchegbulam Onyinyechi Faith, from Amasiri in Ebonyi state local government area of the South East region. And I grew up in Umuahia, Abia state. I'm an orphan. I studied Electronics and Electrical Engineering…

Oct

2020

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Lekki Shootings: US Imposes Visa Ban on Culpable Nigerians

WORLD NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest, US Visa Ban on Nigeria

The United States Government may impose a visa restriction on persons found culpable in the shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos on Tuesday. This is just as the judicial panel set up by the Lagos State Government to probe the Lekki killings is set to begin investigation into the incident on Monday. Soldiers deployed to quell the protests had opened fire on protesters. While the Defence headquarters has denied deploying soldiers in the Lekki Toll Plaza, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu insisted the military carried out the shooting on the peaceful protesters at the toll plaza.…