Tag Archives: Lekki

APC: Those fighting Buni Buni are wasting their time- Chieftain

Professor Vitalis Ajumbe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress from southeast Nigeria, has called out party members opposed to the leadership of the Chairman of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni. He posited that those seeking for the dissolution of the Buni-led Caretaker Committee are chasing shadow, and have deliberately ...

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EndSARS: PDP lauds resolution of British Parliament to sanction Nigeria, urges US, others to act

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given kudos to the British Parliament as it is debating to slam sanctions against Nigeria on the alleged Lekki Killings and the way it handled  EndSARS protests generally. It will be recalled that the lawmakers debated on the matter last week; and frowned against Nigerian officials, accusing them of gross violation of human rights. ...

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“Amnesty International not the owner of Nigeria,” Presidency blasts body on its report on Lekki shootings

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has lashed out at Amnesty International on its report the Lekki shootings. Adesina, who is the President’s most senior spokesman, said on Thursday that Amnesty could not have more facts about the country than the Presidency which has a ‘helicopter view’ of things happening in the country. Speaking ...

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Lekki Shootings: If I didn’t order the attack, who ordered it? Tinubu asked Sanwo-Olu

After some period of silence, the former Lagos State Governor, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu have said that the reports making the rounds that  he jetted out of the country after the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki. According to him, he is against the invasion and wanton looting of public and private assets ...

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PDP to Sanwo-Olu: Stop pretending, you knew about deployment of soldiers to Lekki

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has commiserated with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu and all victims of the #EndSARS protests which resulted in arson and violence on Wednesday. The party said on Thursday that it also sympathised with security agencies over the attacks by hoodlums who infiltrated the peaceful protests. “The empathy is ...

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