Day: January 29, 2026

EndBadGovernance Group Condemns Police Crackdown on Makoko Eviction Protest, Demands Release of Soweto

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Photo: Protesters and the Police at the scene By: Nkechi Joseph The Lagos State chapter of the #EndBadGovernance Movement has condemned what it described as a violent crackdown by the Lagos State Police Command on peaceful protesters demonstrating against forced evictions and demolitions in several low-income communities across the state. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the group accused the police, under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Jimoh, of using excessive force against unarmed citizens who gathered to protest demolitions in communities including Makoko, Oworoshoki, Owode-Onirin…

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Makoko Protest: CHSR Condemns Lagos Assembly Committee Chair Fact’s Distortion, Demands Release of Hassan Soweto, Others

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PHOTO: Makoko Protesters By: Mandy Park The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has condemned what it described as a distortion of facts by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode, over the recent protest by demolition victims at the Assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja. In a statement issued on Wednesday, and signed by its President, Comrade Alex Omotehinse, made available to Nigeria News Mark, the human rights organisation faulted Ogundipe’s rejoinder on the…

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Lagos Demolitions Protests: CAPPA Blasts Police Crackdown, Demands Unconditional Release of Comrade Hassan Taiwo Soweto, Others

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Photo: Sanw-Olu, Lagos Governor By: Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned what it described as the violent, unlawful, and deeply reprehensible actions of the Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Police Force against hundreds of peaceful victims of illegal demolitions, assault, and killings who gathered at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement issued after the incident, CAPPA said security operatives led by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Moshood, attacked hundreds of displaced residents who had gathered at…

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