It is five month today since the October 20 Lekki tollgate shooting that changed the course of the nationwide #EndSARS protest against @PoliceNG brutality and end to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) outfit, a notorious unit accused of perpetrating human rights abuses.
Around 6:45 p.m on the 20th of October, 2020 officers of the Nigerian Army besieged the venue of the protest at Lekki Toll Gate, shooting live bullets directly at protesters.
#TheICIR look back at the incident through our reports.
INVESTIGATION: Bullets, Blood & Death: Untold Story of what happened at Lekki Toll Gate: bit.ly/3r47jav
Lekki Shootings: Investigation reveals Army shot live bullets at protesters: bit.ly/3lz8kX5
Lekki shootings, Shitte killings and other lies peddled by Nigerian Army since 2015: bit.ly/2P5t3p7
Fake journalism institute condemns CNN report on Lekki shooting: bit.ly/30XWVGL
#EndSARS: Despite victims’ accounts, Buratai insists there was ‘no single corpse’ at Lekki shooting: bit.ly/30YIjHd
#Lekki Shooting: Nigeria defence says ‘analysis has shown it may not be true’: bit.ly/3vI7sUw
#ENDSARS: Lagos panel should give Lekki shooting top priority before the world moves on – Bolaji Akinyemi: bit.ly/2OJbqMd
Soldiers are trained to kill but they did not take life during protest at Lekki, says former military spokesperson, Sani Kukasheka: bit.ly/38VJVpm
Lekki Shooting: I saw soldiers picking at least seven dead, limp bodies hit by bullet into their vans – Petitioner tells Lagos panel | The ICIR icirnigeria.org/lekki-shooting…
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Having crippled an organised loyalty to Mefor, Kanu sought the support of Dokubo, who is from the South-South region of the country, where some have reportedly distanced themselves from collaborating with the #Igbo who they say are in the majority.
“Kanu, uncharacteristically, has not mentioned Mr Mefor’s name since the fallout between them happened last year but constantly attacks Asari Dokubo and Mr Uwazuruike during his broadcasts. bit.ly/3vEa0D7
It remains to be seen how he will respond to this new movement headed by people he considers enemies,” the @sbmintelligence report says. bit.ly/3vEa0D7
Why $1.5 billion to revamp over 50-year old Port Harcourt refinery is a waste
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IN 2018, the World Poverty Clock found that six Nigerians fell into extreme poverty every minute. In contrast, five Vietnamese left the poverty cycle each minute in the same year, according to The ICIR analysis of World Bank data.
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THE Ministry of Aviation has said that the ban on Emirates airline, the official carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was due to its discriminatory policy on the COVID-19 test for Nigerians.
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Since Maryam was administered with Trovafloxacin (Trovan), a vaccine then newly manufactured by Pfizer, she has continued to live her life with complications arising from the treatment. bit.ly/3f6Adm0
Her problem include chronic waist and leg pains and incessant fever. Later, she started complaining of auditory problem, then dizziness, resulting in loss of balance.
And none of the parents were ever told that their children were being used as guinea pigs until each of the victims started showing new health challenges that are similar.
Pfizer did not obtain consent as required in such procedures.
The @Fmohnigeria investigation committee set up to investigate the clinical trial of Trovan by Pfizer found out that the Principal Investigator
(PI), Dr Isa Dutse, gave a backdated Ethical Committee Clearance to Pfizer, a forged approval to do the test in the country.
Akwa Ibom Gov @MrUdomEmmanuel, SSG in Multi-Billion Naira Scandal
The House of Assembly approved N2.5bn for the maintenance of the state aircraft but the SSG’s office spent N5.04bn on the maintenance of one aircraft, which is used exclusively by the Gov. bit.ly/3nyaBBk
THE Akwa Ibom State Govt this year released the Account General’s annual report and audited financial statements for 2019. A thorough analysis of the report reveals that the offices of the Gov & SSG made several questionable and extra-budgetary expenses in 2019. cc. @EditiEffiong
These bizarre expenses were incurred on cars, aircraft maintenance, fuel, government special projects and governor’s hospitality exceed N10 billion. bit.ly/3nyaBBk
There were feelings of excitement among the people of Ohuru-Ndoki Community when three contractors were prequalified to bid for their road project in 2008. They were happy that after a long wait, their prayers were about to be answered.
But years later, their dream is yet to materialise. The people are disillusioned. tinyurl.com/y3znxp9a