Several Nigerians have narrated their ordeal in the hands of the country’s police including the harassments and brutality they suffered since the October 2020 #EndSARS protests as compiled in a newly released documentary. The documentary was released by Ghana-based investigative media organisation, Tiger Eye Foundation, which detailed the killings of the October 2020 #EndSARS protesters by the Nigerian security personnel. The documentary also exposed stories of victims and their families, as well as the unbearable rate of police brutality in Nigeria.
Tiger Eye Foundation, a media nonprofit championing investigative journalism in Africa, is tackling police brutality in its newly released documentary titled October 2020. | Pulse Nigeria
The Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), has stated that investigative journalism has exposed corruption, and named and shamed corrupt public officeholders across the country. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, WSCIJ, Motunrayo Alaka, made this known on Monday, noting that there is a need to amplify works by journalists, especially in an age of digital technology. Alaka stressed that investigative journalism influences the outcome of election results and called for the availability of the media at the subnational level.
For four months, 17-year-old Aisha Hakeem was caged in a cell at the Ayegbami Islamic Centre in the Oremeji area of Ibadan, Oyo State. She had been enrolled in the Islamic school for rehabilitation after repeatedly disobeying her father. Born into a broken family, her parents live separately. Aisha wanted to stay with her mother but her father would not allow her. Frustrated, she left her father's house in Ibadan for Lagos in search of her mother. But a relative of her father saw her roaming the Lagos streets and took her back to Ibadan.