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EndSARS Report: Lawyer Slams Lai Mohammed, Terms Him A Bully

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Lawyer to the #EndSARS campaigners who participated in the Okwuobi panel, Adesina Ogunlana, has accused Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, of bullying the Lagos State Government.

Ogunlana who was reacting to Mr Mohammed’s take on the #EndSARS report, said a lot of things were wrong with the minister’s position.

“What Lai Mohammed has done, politically if you are conscious, is bullying Lagos State,” Ogunlana declared.

The minister in his reaction to the leaked #EndSARS report said the panel’s proceedings was a waste of time, and a misuse of the taxpayers’ money, a statement which has not gone down well with many Nigerians.

Responding to Mr Mohammed, Ogunlana who on Wednesday was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said it is sad that the report should be greeted with such repugnance.

He feared that there was a possibility for the Federal Government to bully the Lagos white paper panel.

“Before the verdict came out, the position was that we are waiting for the panel, we are waiting for the verdict, now the verdict has come out, it’s now getting difficult for some people to accept the fact.

“Many of these people were either members or supporters of what we call the ruling party. Instead of just being decent, they are trying to look for flaws… trying to save themselves.

“One ordinarily ought not to be so highly celebratory of this report assuming it is a normal country, a normal system; if things have been going on normally, then it should just have been the norm that when a panel duly constituted and filled with competent people, do their work, they are expected to come out with the truth.

“The Federal Government did not set up the panel, the panel did not submit the report to the federal government, and here you see a minister of the federal government dismissing the panel, tearing the report apart and already selling an agenda for Lagos State,” Mr Ogunlana asserted.

While affirming that the leaked report was indeed official, Mr Ogunlana stated that it has only come as a shock because the antecedent in Nigeria is that government instituted panels do not come out with the truth.

“Government in Nigeria must have been badly hit because you are being indicted by the panel you setup yourself,” Ogunlana buttressed.

He resolved that Lai Mohammed like other politicians in Nigeria do not accept verdicts of panels, once it does not favour them.

The counsel to the EndSARS Campaigners in the Okwuobi-led panel stressed that from a radical perspective, “bourgeois law is not meant for the upliftment of the masses.

On this premise, he noted that his position and that of his clients is that justice must be done, and those found guilty must be held accountable.

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Just In: Army Declares 8 People Wanted In Connection To Killing Of 17 Soldiers In Okuama

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The Defence Headquarters has declared eight persons wanted over their roles in the recent killing of 17 military personnel in Delta State.

The military released the list on Thursday at a briefing in Abuja.

Those declared wanted are Prof. Ekpekpo Arthur, Andaowei Dennis Bakriri, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbo (Aka Amagben), Akata Malawa David, Sinclear Oliki, Clement Ikolo Oghenerukeywe, Reuben Baru, and Igoli Ebi.


During the briefing, the Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, called on Nigerians especially residents of Delta and adjoining states to assist the military with credible information that would lead to the arrest of eight persons allegedly responsible for the killing of seventeen soldiers in Okuama community in Delta State.

General Buba says the military remains determined to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous act in Delta State, reaffirming its commitment to rescue all kidnapped and abducted victims in Nigeria.

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No Adjustment In Pump Prices Of Petrol, Diesel, NNPCL, Clears Air

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has described rumours of petrol price adjustment as false.

Dispelling the rumours in a statement on Wednesday, the Chief Communications Officer, NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, urged Nigerians to disregard them entirely.

He reaffirmed the NNPCL commitment to sustaining the current sufficiency in petroleum products supply across all its retail stations in the country.

The statements reads: “The NNPC Limited wishes to clarify rumours suggesting a price adjustment for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) at its retail stations nationwide.

“The company asserts that these reports are false and urges Nigerians to disregard them entirely.

“NNPC Ltd. reaffirms its commitment to sustaining the current sufficiency in petroleum products supply across all its retail stations in the country.

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Nigerians Deserve To Know How Abducted Kaduna Pupils Were Released – Bukarti

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Following the release of the abducted Kuriga schoolchildren in Kaduna State, a security expert, Bulama Bukarti, says the circumstances leading to their release remain unclear.


According to Bukarti, Nigerians deserve to know how the children who were abducted on March 7 from their school in Kuriga, Kaduna State were released.

“I have been investigating the circumstances of their release and whether anyone was arrested and what were the terms of the release or how were they rescued if they were rescued, I did not find any information to that effect,” said Bukarti, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.

“As Nigerians, we have the right to know how our government is proceeding with securing us, how our government is using our resources and how our government is dealing with criminal elements or terrorists elements among us.

“We have the right to know by law but we also have the right to know as Nigerians so that we may have confidence in our country.”

The security expert said the government needs to explain to Nigerians circumstances around the release of the Kuriga schoolchildren to quell rumours.

After weeks in captivity, Kaduna State Government announced on Monday that 137 students abducted in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria in recent times regained their freedom.

The state governor, Uba Sani, who announced the release of the schoolchildren, however, did not explain how they were rescued, giving room to rumours that ransom was paid for their release.

The Federal Government wasted no time in dispelling the rumour saying no ransom was paid.

The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, said the victims were rescued through the concerted efforts of the security agencies in the country.

The minister said, “President Bola Tinubu is determined to end this cycle of payment of ransom to kidnappers. The government believes that this continues to encourage these kidnappers, these criminal elements to perpetrate this act within the Nigerian nation and it is the official position of government as announced here last week that ransom will not be tolerated. Ransom will not be encouraged ransom will not be paid by the government.”

Idris also reiterated the determination of the current administration to end abductions in the country.

He, however, warned that the Federal Government will not hesitate to deal with anyone found to be making reckless comments capable of exacerbating more security challenges in the country.

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