Tag: #EndSARS Protests

wants protesters to observe curfew One of the groups that championed the #EndSARS protests, The Feminist Coalition, has announced that they would no longer be accepting donations towards the movementIt could be recalled that its tweet on Thursday called upon Nigerian youth to heed President Buhari’s address and “stay safe, stay home, and observe the mandated curfew in your state”. According to an issued statement they released, “The coalition has managed to raise nearly N148 million since it began its fundraising campaign around a fortnight ago, despite reportedly having their…

Governors of the nineteen northern states yesterday identified those behind the arson and killings occasioned by the #EndSARS protests. Rising from an emergency meeting in Kaduna, they said those behind the arson and killings were enemies of Nigeria who want to change government outside the ballot. They also expressed worries about the persistent protests despite the fact that the Federal Government had acceded to all the five-point demand of protesters. According to a communiqué at the end of the meeting, Chairman of the Forum and Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong,…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has disassociated the Igbo from statements credited to the leader of Indigenous people of Biafra, (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on the destruction of Yoruba assets in Lagos. In a statement issued by the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo said that Ohanaeze was outraged by the vituperative and inciting outrage of the leader of IPOB on the #EndSARS activities in Lagos and disassociated the body and Ndigbo completely from them.

Ø  Imposes 48 hours curfew in Delta Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed his concern that it appears that the #EndSARS protest was hijacked by some misguided and opportunistic elements, adding that the sad situation is threatening  to plunge the state into chaos and anarchy. The governor yesterday declared a two-day curfew in the state as protest against police brutality turned violent in the state. Okowa’s  order came barely 24-hours after some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums’ on Wednesday night vandalized and set ablaze a newly reconstructed recreation Centre in Asaba, the state…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that despite his administration’s swift response to disband the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force, some Nigerians mistook such action as weakness, . Buhari made this known in a live radio and televition broadcast this evening. Addressing Nigerians, the President said, “As a democratic government, we listened to, and carefully evaluated the five-point demands of the protesters. And, having accepted them, we immediately scrapped SARS, and put measures in place to address the other demands of our youth. More details later..

Former Aviation minister and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode has lambasted former United States presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton for President Muhammadu Buhari over the use of army against the #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria on his Twitter handle. His tweet below Mrs. Clinton had tweeted after Nigerian security officers shot at #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate Plaza on Tuesday night. Clinton, in a tweet said she was calling on Buhari and the Nigerian army to stop killing #EndSARS protesters.

Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos and several states across the country remained under curfew yesterday, as anti-Police protests broke out again following a day of violence, including the shooting of civilians by security forces. Fires burned across the city and residents reported hearing gunfire, despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s appeal for “understanding and calm”. Armed Police tried to enforce a round-the-clock curfew in the commercial capital, setting up checkpoints. But groups of young men blocked a number of major roads with overturned traffic signs, tree branches and rocks while smoke billowed…