Police Brutality
#ENDSARS Memorial: Osun govt reassures victims of police brutality of compensation
#ENDSARS Memorial: Osun govt reassures victims of police brutality of compensation Stakeholders laud Osun youths for convoking summit to commemorate incident …proffer solutions to forestall future occurrence Timothy Agbor, Osogbo As youths across the country commemorate the one-year anniversary of the EndSARS protest today, stakeholders in Osun have commended youths in the State […]
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How I became ugly, disfigured by policeman’s gunshots at checkpoint – Petitioner
How I became ugly, disfigured by policeman’s gunshots at checkpoint – Petitioner By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo A petitioner, Mr. Amos Adeyemi, on Thursday narrated how his mouth was brutalised on the 22nd June, 2003 by some policemen at an illegal checkpoint. Adeyemi said that he had remained disfigured and ugly since the illegal attack. […]
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Osun Judicial Panel summons 4 police officers over alleged extortion, failure to release corpse
Osun Judicial Panel summons 4 police officers over alleged extortion, failure to release corpse By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo Osun Judicial Panel sitting in Osogbo has summoned four Police officers namely: Inspector Muyiwa, Supretendent Omoyale, Joshua Atunise and John Omoronike (CP) to appear before it. Chairman of the Panel, retired Justice Akin Oladimeji issued the summon […]
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‘Govt sponsoring youths to join #EndSARS protests, make agitations fruitless’
‘Govt sponsoring youths to join #EndSARS protests, make agitations fruitless’ By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo Some members of the #EndSARS movement in Osun State have cried out to members of the public to be wary of some youths who have been contracted by governments to make their agitations fruitless. The youths therefore called on “serious-minded and […]
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Despite warnings, #EndSARS protests resume as Nigerian youths demand good governance
Despite warnings, #EndSARS protests resume as Nigerian youths demand good governance By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo Notwithstanding warnings by the Federal Government, state Governors and security agencies, Nigerian youths on Monday resumed their demonstrations against police brutality and bad governance (#EndSARS) in some parts of the country. In Osun, some youths under the aegis of Face […]
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Breaking: Policemen brutalise Arise News cameraman in Abuja
Breaking: Policemen brutalise Arise News cameraman in Abuja By Ekene Agbor A cameraman of Arise News Television simply identified as Francis has been attacked by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Sunday. This is coming barely an hour after the Inspector General of Police, IGP. Muhammad Adamu announced the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, […]
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EndSARS Protest Hits Osun: SARS is unreformable, scrap it completely, Nigerian Youths tell IG
#EndSARS Protest Hits Osun: SARS is unreformable, scrap it completely, Nigerian Youths tell IG By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo The trending#EndSARS protests on Friday hit Osogbo, Osun State capital as scores of Nigerian youths called for the total scrap of the ‘killer-squad.’ For these protesting Nigerians, SARS situation has gone beyond reform and that the Inspector General […]
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