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Mr. Layi Babatunde, SAN, and Publisher of Supreme Court Law Report, in this interview, spoke on the EndSARS report by various panels across the country and what the Federal Government must do. He also spoke on Justice Mary Odili house raid, prison reform, self-determination agitations, electoral reform, and other sundry issues. Excerpt: As one of the lawyers who condemned the recent invasion of the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Odili, what strong measures do you think should be taken by stakeholders to forestall such future attacks on judicial officers? There is no other way than for the Executive to demonstrate…

The security guard, Abubakar Mohammed, said this while testifying before a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. Mohammed gave evidence as to the second prosecution witness in the trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu (first defendant), and two others, for Ataga’s murder. Ojukwu is facing trial along with her sister, Chioma Egbuchu, and one Adedapo Quadri. At the resumed hearing, the witness narrated to the court how the defendant logged into the apartment where he worked as a security man on Sunday, June 13. According to him, his employer, Mrs Nkechi Mogbo, informed…

Temitope Majekodunmi, the youth representative on the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality, says there are errors in the panel’s report currently in circulation. On Monday, the panel submitted two documents — a consolidated report on cases of police brutality and another on the Lekki incident investigation — to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state. Hours after submission of the report, the 309-page document appeared in the media space. In the report, the panel said the “killing of unarmed protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020 could be described in the context of a ‘massacre’”. The report has elicited varied reactions, with…

The move by the Senate for the creation of additional six law schools in addition to the existing seven suffered set back on Monday in Abuja with vehement rejection of the idea by the Council of Legal Education, the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and some senators. The opposition against the move by the Senate came to the fore at the public hearing session organised on the bill and two others by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. The 3 important Bills, Legal Practitioners’ Act(Amendment) Bill, 2021, Legal Education Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and Legal Aid Council…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Lucky Irabor Tuesday evening in Benin City the Edo State Capital said that only a white paper from the report of the #ENDSARS Judicial panel’s report in Lagos which is indicating through the social media that there were killings during the protest in Lekki, Lagos State would confirm the alleged incidents. He assured that the Nigerian Armed Forces remain committed to their professional calling of protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria just as he cautioned Nigerians against making inciting comments on what is happening across the country. Speaking to journalists shortly…

Report of Lekki incident investigation of 20th October, 2020 by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other Matters The #EndSARS #ReformPoliceNG Advocacy upon which the protesters premised their #EndSARS demonstration of discontent/Protest on, has been the most prominent advocacy in Nigeria and a major rallying point, convergence and common ground for the national Police brutality imbroglio since 2016. This is one of the reasons why the advocacy was surgically curated and the youth protest that followed built on that protocol in an orderly, organized and transparent fashion, reinforcing the specific…

The United States says it is looking forward to the “suitable measures” the federal government will take on allegations of abuses against some security agents indicted in the Lagos #EndSARS panel report. On October 19, 2020, as part of recommendations put forward during the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos government inaugurated the judicial panel to investigate petitions on police brutality in the state. TheCable had reported that the Lagos judicial panel submitted its report to the state government on Monday. In the final report, the panel had said the protesters who were shot at the Lekki tollgate were killed in a…

The President and the Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR today Monday 15th November 2019 declared open 2021 all Nigeria Judges’ Conference organized by the National Judicial Institute in fulfillment of its mandate of continuing Judicial education for Judicial officers. The conference provides a platform for Judges to strategize on the means of adopting global best practices to meet critical challenges in the dispensation of Justice. The event was held at Andrews Otutu Obaseki Auditorium, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and the theme of the conference centers on Promoting Judicial Excellence in the Administration…

The Senate on Monday, said that it was not in any way trying to politicise legal education in the country by seeking for additional law school campuses. Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Sen. Michael Bamidele made this known at a public hearing on three bills relating to legal matters at the upper chamber. The Bills are “Legal Practitioners Act 2004 Repeal and Re-enacment Bill 2021; Legal Education (Consolidation, Etc) 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021 and Legal Aid Council Act, 2021 (Amendment) Bill, 2021”. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Legal Education (Consolidation, Etc) Amendment…

“The atrocious maiming and killing of unarmed, helpless and unresisting protesters, while sitting on the floor and waving their Nigerian flags, while singing the National Anthem can be equated to a ‘massacre’ in context.” “Crimes against humanity that took place at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, would never happen again in our nation”. With these words, Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa SAN confirmed that the Lagos Endsars Panel actually held that people were massacred at the Lekki Toll gate on October 20, 2020 during the #endsars protest by Nigerian youths. Adegboruwa’s position was…