EXCLUSIVE: #EndSARS: Despite 2,600 petitions, govt’s legal aid scheme represents only five petitioners
PREMIUM TIMES confirms that the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) is offering legal services only in Lagos and Oyo. 3 min read
As protests against police brutality raged across Nigeria last October, one of the pacifying concessions reached by the state and federal governments was the setting up of judicial panels of inquiry.
The National Executive Council (NEC) headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo recommended that the panels be established in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with the mandate to look into cases of alleged violations of human rights by the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the police.
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Against the backdrop of rising security concerns in Abuja, many schools in the city have shut down over fears of abduction of students as has been witnessed in neighbouring Kaduna and Niger states.
A report by Leadership newspaper had heightened apprehensions in the Federal Capital Territory.
According to the report, hundreds of suspected bandits were seen four days ago alighting from a truck in Sabon Wuse area of Niger State, a town at the boundary with Bwari Area Council of Abuja.
The Kaduna State government has, however, explained that the people seen were unarmed Fulani herders mioving with their families from Niger to their permanent bases in Jos and Bauchi.
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