The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has denied claims that police officers fired live ammunition at #EndBadGovernance protesters during the nationwide demonstrations in August. In a statement released by Muyiwa Adejobi,the police spokesperson on Monday, the Amnesty International report, accusing security operatives of killing protesters as “unfounded, misleading, and inconsistent incident reports.” Adejobi emphasised that the…
Few days after regaining their freedom, some of the protesters detained during the August 2024 EndBadGovernance protest have denied being tortured while in custody at the Department of State Security (DSS) office in Kaduna State. The protesters, who were released a month ago, told journalists that no mistreatment occurred during their detention. They clarified that…
The organisers of the ongoing hunger protests in major states in Nigeria have refused to heed its solicitor, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa’s call for the suspension of the rioting amid widespread violence. Damilare Adenola, Director of Mobilisation of the Take It Back Movement, disclosed this on Friday. Recall that Adegboruwa on Friday called on the protesters to…
The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State,Victor Olaiya, has invited leaders of the August 1-10, 2024, nationwide hunger protests in the state. A statement by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ejire Adeyemi Toun, in Ilorin, also cautioned against holding protests outside the court-restricted Metropolitan square in Ilorin. The statement read, “The Kwara…
The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the House of Representative election for Dekina/Bassa in Kogi State, Usman Okai Austin, has dismissed claims that former governor Yahaya Bello is the reason youths shunned the EndBadGovernance protest in the state. Okai said contrary to claims, Bello is not maintaining peace in Kogi State, stressing that…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party during the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has commiserate with the families of those who lost their lives during the #EndBadGoverance protests. Several citizens have died since the nationwide protests began on Thursday, August 1. Obi took to his verified X account to mourn those who died “in their…
