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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 peaceful protest. Also at the centre of the protest was the 81 Division of the Nigeria Army, whose ...

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 Army's 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 Army's claim that it fired harmless blanks to disperse the crowd that shut down the lucrative toll gate for nearly two weeks. Governo...

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’s proceedings, Counsel to the panel, Jonathan Ogunsanya confirmed that summons were sent to three a...

Lekki Shooting: Again, Nigerian Army ignores Summons at Judicial Panel Though the panel's 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’s proceedings, did not present any witness. On January 8, the last adjournment of the proceeding,...