Mohammed said this while speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the meeting of governors, ministers and traditional rulers of South West states following the #EndSARS protest mayhem.
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They made the call in a communique issued on Sunday in Lagos after a meeting of governors, ministers and traditional rulers of South-West states following the #EndSARS protest mayhem.
The leaders of the zone, including Governors, Senators, House of Representatives members as well as traditional, religious and youth leaders, gave the commendation in a communiqué issued after their meeting with a Presidential delegation in Enugu.
The Governor however commended President Muhammadu Buhari for acting fast to review the salary of policemen as part of his responses to the recent #EndSARS protest.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Owonikoko made the submission after Adesina Ogunlana announced his appearance to the panel as the counsel representing the EndSARS protesters.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Brig.-Gen. A. I. Taiwo was already on hand to give Nigerian Army’s testimony on the alleged shooting of peaceful protesters at Lekki on October 20 but the panel failed to form a quorum.
Oyeyemi made the disclosure when he visited the FRSC Lagos State Command to assess the extent of damage done to its properties by hoodlums pretending to be protesters.
In a statement by the spokesman of the Command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Command’s Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, has put in place measures to contain the protest.
The Officer-in-Charge of Press and Public Relations Unit of the service, Sunday James, stated this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja.
Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), counsel to the Lagos State Government, wanted the panel to watch only portions of the 24-hour footage relevant to its assignment, while Adesina Ogunlana, representing #EndSARS protesters, insisted that the entire footage must be watched.
It all started after hoodlums vandalised several shops after hijacking the #EndSARS protest.
Bello, while inaugurating the committee, on Thursday in Abuja, gave the committee two weeks to submit its report.
Abubakar said this on Thursday in Owerri during his visit to Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo.
The group states this in a statement on Wednesday by its Convener, Mohammad Dahiru Lawal, while condemning the actions of the leader of the group, Nnamdi Kanu, in the wake of the #endSARS protest.
But those who thrive in violence, el-Rufai said on Thursday, infiltrated the protest to achieve their agenda of wreaking large-scale destruction on public assets and infrastructure in Lagos.
The CSO, in a statement by Kolawole Johnson, Head, Directorate of Research, Strategy and Programme, drew the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari to the non-payment of the scholars.
Recall that The Eagle Online earlier reported that Odele’s passport was seized by the Nigerian Immigration Service on Tuesday, while attempting to leave the country for her birthday celebration.
The group said this in a statement on Tuesday after Sowore and other activist resuscitated the protest on Sunday in Abuja.
Prior to this incident, there had been claims that members of the Feminist Coalition were being threatened and efforts made to arrest them for their part in the protests.
Dr Nwambu Gabriel of the Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness, who spoke on behalf of the coalition, said this at a news conference tagged “#EndSARS Protest; reading between the lines, truth, facts and fantasies’’, on Tuesday in Abuja.