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Inibehe Effiong

6 Nov, 10 tweets, 3 min read

GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU REPLIES LAWYER, SAYS HE WILL NOT RELEASE INSTRUMENT SETTING UP PANEL

I've received a response to the Freedom of Information request that I sent to governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the Certified True Copy of the Instrument setting up the Lagos Panel of Inquiry.

You will recall that on 26th October, 2020, I invoked the Freedom of Information Act 2011 and requested for the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Instrument (official document) setting up the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on SARS Abuses and Lekki Toll Gate Incident.

I also requested for the CTC of the Instrument, Executive Order or Directive under which curfew was imposed on the State from the hours of 9pm on 20th October.

In my FOI application, I equally requested for CCTV records showing the attack on protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate.

By virtue of Section 1 of the Tribunals of Inquiry Law of Lagos State, the Panel of Inquiry can only be created by an Instrument; not by a press release or declaration in the media. Without this Instrument, the Panel is illegal. Only an Instrument can legalize their proceedings.

The inescapable implication is that except there is an legal Instrument as required by law, we are wasting our time with the ongoing inquiry. The members of the Panel, protesters and the public deserves clarification from the governor on this issue. This is a fundamental issue.

It is also important for us to see the Instrument under which the curfew was declared. Given the conflicting accounts by the state government, the military and other interested parties, it is essential for the Instrument by which the curfew was imposed to be made public.

The governor has refused to release the CCTV records to me.

In a letter signed by a lawyer, Deyemi Bamgbose, for the Hon. Attorney General, on behalf of governor Sanwo-Olu, the governor said that he cannot grant my request because the FOI Act is not binding on Lagos State.

The governor cited a decision of the Edo Division of the Court of Appeal in EDOSACA V OSAKUE in support of his decision.

However, in Alo V Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly & Anor (2018), the Ondo Division of the Court of Appeal held that the FOI Act is binding on States.

The issue here is not the conflicting decisions of the Court of Appeal.

The issue is the governor's questionable commitment to a credible investigation by the Panel of Inquiry. If the governor is sincere, why has he refused to release these Instruments if they actually exist?

I will review this matter and take the appropriate action.

Those who lost their lives and those whose properties were destroyed deserves justice. We will be dishonouring them if we do not unravel the truth.

Governor Sanwo-Olu should release the Instruments.

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27 Oct

ILLEGALITY OF THE "OATH OF SECRECY"

Section 3 (1) and (2) of the Tribunals of Inquiry Law of Lagos State is clear on the contents of the Oath of Members.

It provides thus:

3(1) "Every member of a Tribunal appointed under this Law shall, before entering upon his duties, make,

and subscribe to, an oath that he will faithfully, and impartially and to the best of his ability discharge the duties devolving upon him under the inquiry, and if the inquiry is not to be held in public, that he will not divulge the proceedings or the vote or opinion of the

members or any matter relevant to the inquiry."

3(2) "Such oath may be taken under the Oaths Law. In this Law "oath" includes affirmation and declaration."

From the foregoing provisions, the document purportedly containing an "Oath of Secrecy" which was to be sworn by members

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26 Oct

@jidesanwoolu

REQUEST FOR CCTV RECORDS OF LEKKI TOLL GATE ATTACK

I've requested @jidesanwoolu to furnish me with the following:

1. Authenticated Copies of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) records showing the attack on #EndSARS Protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020;

2. Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Instrument setting up the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses & Lekki Toll Gate Incident with its Terms of Reference; and

3. The Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Instrument, Order or Directive under which a revised Curfew was declared and imposed in Lagos State which took effect by 9:00PM on October 20, 2020.

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24 Oct

@MrUdomEmmanuel

PRESS STATEMENT

MY POSITION ON KUFRE CARTER, MONETARY INDUCEMENT OF END SARS PROTEST BY GOVERNOR UDOM EMMANUEL

My attention had since been drawn to reports on social media about the monetary inducement of Mr. Kufre Carter and few other #EndSARS protesters by @MrUdomEmmanuel.

I have also seen and read the public admission made by Kufre, to the effect that he collected the sum of N500, 000 out of the N4, 000,000 given by the governor.

I completely dissociate myself from this unfortunate development, and I wholeheartedly deprecate same.

We cannot be clamouring for a better Akwa Ibom cum Nigeria, while dining with those who have destroyed this country. We are either with the oppressors or with the oppressed.

Kufre Carter is an adult and should be held accountable for his actions and inactions.

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20 Oct

GOVERNMENT AIDING THUGS TO CAUSE VIOLENCE, DISCREDIT ENDSARS PROTESTS

The escalation of coordinated attacks on peaceful #EndSARS in Abuja, Edo, Lagos and other parts of the country by armed thugs and other criminal elements gives credence to the desperation of the federal

and state governments to use every conceivable primitive, unlawful and extra-judicial means to discredit and scuttle the genuine agitations of aggrieved protesters.

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16 Oct

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I want to use this medium to thank everyone that responded to our call to help Associate Professor Inih Ebong financially. The response has been impressive and commendable. Special thanks to @CletusUkpong, @Musikilu and @PremiumTimesng for continuously rising to the occasion.

Without them, some of us would not have heard about the plight of Dr Ebong.

I am not going to be specific at this point on the amount raised. Please, you can also send your contribution.

According to his medical report, “Recent 2D Echo showed that all cardiac chambers were dilated with very poor left ventricular systolic function with ejection fraction of 35 % in a setting of severe mitral regurgitation.

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15 Oct

https://twitter.com/iam_doctormayor/status/1316739542725079047

The Sowore that I have known closely for about a decade, is the last person in this country that can be compromised. For anyone to now paint a man who has spent the last 30 years of his life fighting for a better Nigeria as the enemy of the people is offensive. It's unacceptable.

https://twitter.com/iam_doctormayor/status/1316739542725079047

You can always disagree with his strategy respectfully. We are all victims of elite manipulation. The Buhari regime wants you to see him as your enemy. They have told you that because he contested election, he has no right to demand for a better country. Does that make sense?

If only you can hold politicians who have ruined this country to the same standard you are holding Sowore. You keep saying that he should not talk about Revolution Now. Isn't that a matter of semantics? What is going on now is a revolution. Read more about what a revolution is.

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