An Imo State born human rights activist and author, Comrade Paul Ikechukwu Njoku, has blasted governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State over a widely reported police brutality and extortion in the State. Activist Njoku who threatened the governor with another #Endsars mass protest in Owerri, the Imo State capital, over what he described as “resurgence […]
Stakeholders from different walks of life converged in Owerri, Imo State, over the weekend to brainstorm and seek end to human rights abuses, extortion and brutality by security operatives across the South-East. The parley tagged “Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Human Rights, Extortion and Brutality: The Way Out”, focused on the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria with […]
The police in Lagos have announced that they have commenced an investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni jr, a 12-year-old student of Dowen college in the Lekki area Of Lagos. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos told Channels Television on Sunday the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCID), Panti, […]
A Nigerian lady who died in Cote D’Ivoire prison, Ms Itunnu Babalola (Becky Paul), has been laid to rest at Sango cementry, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Representative of the family and the elder brother of the deceased, Mr Olaolu Babalola, told Daily Trust after the internment that the family wanted justice for his late […]
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has spoken for the first time about the report of the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality. The report of the panel was leaked shortly after it was submitted to the Lagos state government on November 15. The findings and recommendations of the panel further deepened the controversy over […]
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the federal government cannot declare judicial panels on police brutality illegal after setting them up. Adegboruwa said the #EndSARS panels were established by the directive of the federal government through the National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The report of the Lagos judicial panel, […]
… As group indicts police operatives BY Ibe Pascal Arogorn With Police’s assistance, Oliver Osuagwu and Mr.Alex Eberendu, sponsors of a criminal gang in Itu community, Ezinihite Mbaise LGA in Imo state have attempted to assainate community PG and traditional ruler after their petition. Crimefacts.news obtained this petition exclusively from RULAAC’s director, Okechukwu Nwanguma on […]
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, has faulted the judicial panel of inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality and SARS-related abuses. Speaking on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, the human rights lawyer described the panel as illegal. His comments come two days before […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the arrest of security operatives involved in the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate, and police brutality cases. Young Nigerians had converged at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020, […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has given reasons why the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, cannot reject the report of the judicial panel on police brutality. In a speech delivered on Thursday when some leaders of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights visited him in Lagos, Falana said, “Pursuant […]
