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14 Nov

I'm before the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry with Olumide Fusika SAN (lead counsel) to represent some victims of the Lekki Toll Gate Incident.

We have objected to the appearance of the Army on the ground that the Rules of the Panel does not cover the Lekki Toll Gate Incident.

We have also raised the issue of the absence of an Instrument setting up the tribunal. How can we go ahead when we have not seen the Instrument setting up the panel? How can we go on when the Rules of the Panel does not cover the Lekki Toll Gate Incident? This is fundamental.

The Army is saying that no one except the panel can cross examine their witnesses because there is no petition as at today against them over their role in the Lekki Toll Gate Incident. This is why it is important to resolve the issues that we have raised.

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6 Nov

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.

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@InibeheEffiong

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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@InibeheEffiong

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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@InibeheEffiong

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.

Predictably, recent attacks on police stations in Edo and Lagos States have been cited by governors of these States as a basis for imposing questionable curfews. One can reasonably infer, that these attacks are ostensibly sponsored by persons who are sympathetic to the government

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