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Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army under the leadership of the new General Officer Commanding, Major General Lawrence Fejokwu, is committed to ensuring sustained peace and security, as well respect for human rights in Lagos and Ogun areas of responsibility Last year October, the #EndSARS protest rocked the nation but the state that bore most of the brunt was Lagos owing to the wanton destruction of properties and loss of lives perpetuated by those who hijacked the...

Oladimeji Ramon A trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with Reddington Hospital in Lekki, Lagos, Dr Babajide Lawson, on Saturday narrated how the hospit...

The investigation of the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos last year has hit a brickwall over the Nigerian Armys refusal to cooperate. Troops of 81 Division in Lagos allegedly fired at and killed a yet-to-be-determined number of protesters while prematurely trying to enforce a curfew imposed by the state government on October 20, 2020. Dozens of protesters were also injured with some treated for gunshot wounds despite the Armys claim that it fired harmless...

Shola Soyele   Updated January 23, 2021 (FILE) Members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution at a sitting on November 28, 2020.   The Nigerian Army has again failed to appear before the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters. It’s the third time they’ve failed to honour the summons of the panel for officers involved in the shooting to explain what happened at the Lekki toll gate on the 20th of October 2020. At today�...

Lekki Shooting: Again, Nigerian Army ignores Summons at Judicial Panel Though the panels lawyer contacted Mr Kehinde notifying him of the proceedings, he still failed to appear. For the third time since hearing began over the Lekki Shooting incident, the Nigerian Army has failed to honour the summons issued to its officers by the panel investigating the event. The army failed to present the officers involved in the shooting. The Nigerian Army, first on the cause list of the panel for Saturday�...

The 81 Division of the Nigeria Army has again failed to honour a summon to appear before the Lagos State Judicial Panel probing the Lekki Toll Gate |

Advertisement The panel, which is set up to probe police brutality and other related matters, had summoned Bello and Godwin Umelo, general officer commanding, 81 division, Victoria Island, Lagos, to explain their roles in the incident that took place at the Lekki tollgate area on October 20, 2020. At the hearing on Saturday, the two army officers were absent, as their case was scheduled for hearing. Explaining the outcome on the service of the summons, Ogunsanya said Umelo, who is a military ge...

But the Commander of 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Taiwo, had debunked the claim. One of the invitees, Bello, was the Commanding Officer of the 65 Batallion, which was at the toll gate on the evening of October 20. Both Umelo and Bello as well as the military’s counsel were absent, as the panel’s proceedings resumed on Friday. According the panel’s lawyer, Mr. Jonathan Ogunsanya, the panel had twice tried to serve the witness summons on the army, but soldiers...

3 min read A lieutenant colonel of the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, S.O Bello, who led the team involved in the October 20 Lekki Shooting incident, has rejected witness summons issued to him by the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry. Jonathan Ogunsanya, the counsel to the witness, said this on Saturday when the case involving the Nigerian Armywas called for further hearing on their role at the Lekki Shooting. Mr Ogunsanya said Mr Bello refused to accept the summons served to ...