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Taaooma, others shortlisted for youth award The Punch
Published 2 May 2021
A cross section of 50 youths have been selected as finalists for the 2021 edition of the 10 Outstanding Young Persons Award of the Junior Chamber International Nigeria.
The Chairperson, 2021 JCI Nigeria TOYP Award Planning Committee, Oluwakemi Irinoye, stated that the finalists were selected by the award panel of judges out of the shortlisted 50 from the initial total of 1,027 entries received for this year’s edition of the award.
She noted that the finalists would move on to the voting phase for honours in the 10 categories of the award, which would be determined by the general public.
Those sued by Mr Okeke include activists, musicians, comedians, among other celebrities, who supported the protests.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Bwari, Abuja, on Wednesday, halted the criminal complaints case instituted by a lawyer against 50 activists and celebrities at a Chief Magistrate’s Court in the aftermath of the violence that erupted during last year’s #EndSARS protests.
The judge, Bello Kawu, made the order stopping the case in a ruling on an application filed by the 50 defendants to challenge the criminal complaints pending before the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja.
A lawyer, Kenechukwu Okeke, in the complaints filed at Chief Magistrate’s Court, asked that the 50 defendants be brought to justice for allegedly promoting the #EndSARS protests which he claimed led to riots that caused destruction of lives and property in different parts of the country.