#EndSARS: Osun State Suspends Curfew Over High Compliance

The Osun State Government has suspended its 24-hour curfew earlier declared to tackle the breakdown of law and order occasioned by the #EndSARS protests. Governor Gboyega Oyetola in a statement titled, ‘Governor Oyetola suspends 24-hour curfew’, the Government of the State of Osun notes the high level of compliance with the 24-hour curfew earlier declared to forestall breakdown of law and order. The statement reads in part: “We commend the residents and citizens of Osun for their show of understanding and cooperation in the last 48 hours of the curfew.

#EndSARS: ECOWAS Issued A Statement, Advised Nigerian Government On Way Forward

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has yesterday reacted over the continued widespread violence staged by the protesting youth in Nigeria over prolonged police brutality.

#EndSARS: Ohanaeze Ndigbo Dissociates Self From Nnamdi Kanu's Outburst

The highest socio-cultural body of the Igbo tribe, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Yesterday Thursday, October 22, denounced the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying that his recent frenzy was merely targeted at exacerbating discord in the nation and also to soil the age-long cordial relationship that has been existing between the Igbo and the Yoruba. Kanu had on Tuesday called on his supporters who are at the moment disguising as #EndSARS protesters to among other things ambush and kill any policemen, soldiers, governors, their children and destroy properties of the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as well as government infrastructures. The acclaimed IPOB leader claimed responsibility for burning down Oriental Hotel in Lagos and other government infrastructure in the state, even as he suggested that the ongoing crisis in Lagos which has consumed properties worth billions of Naira was because of the state governor’s decision to impose a 24-hour curfew.

#EndSARS: As Protest Turn Violent – Presidency Call For Orderliness

Following the EndSARS protest going on in some states across the nation, the Presidency has today appealed to citizens to eschew violence as the Federal Government is working towards police reform.