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Nigerian women arise seek justice for victims of EndSARS protests
Oct 31, 2020
A coalition of Feminists under the aegis of Nigerian Women Arise have called for accountability and justice for those killed and injured at the Lekki Toll Gate plaza and other places of protests. This was the outcome in a webinar held recently with over 400 women organisation represented.
In a statement signed by leading female activists, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi and Amb. Nkoyo Toyo, the group demand for identities of those who ordered the deployment of soldiers to shoot at unarmed citizens, and those who switched off the lights and surveillance cameras at the Lekki Toll Gate plaza shortly before the attack.
“We demand for the immediate constitution of an independent Judicial Panel of Inquiry that will include credible civil society organisations, professional bodies such as Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, labour unions, youth organizations, security agencies, women organisations.
“We demand that Government immediately investigates and identifies the thugs that were hired to disrupt the protests nationwide and differentiate them from the EndSARS protesters. It is the responsibility of the Police to remove perpetrators of violence from the streets and ensure diligent prosecution thereafter.
“ They further said, “We enjoin the Government to note that freedom to engage in Peaceful Protest Is A Democratic Right, Not A Privilege. The fundamental rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression are well entrenched in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.
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