Lagos court discharges, acquits three detainees involved in 2020 #EndSARS movement
Justice Nicole Clay of the Lagos State High Court has made a ruling to discharge and acquit three individuals who were detained due to their participation in the #EndSARS protest.
A civic group, Take-It-Back Movement on Monday shared the news in a statement, expressing their gratitude to the Lagos State chapter of the movement for their efforts in handling the legal cases and seeing them through to the end.
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The civic group regretted that about 10 more #ENDSARS protesters were still languishing in prison and it revealed it was working for their release.
The freed #EndSARS detainees were represented by Barrister Ogunlana.
The movement which announced the release, in a post on its X handle, wrote: “After a year long legal intervention by the TIB, Court discharges and acquits three #EndSARS detainees – Sunday Okoro, Olumide Fatai and Oluwole Yisa.
“Great appreciation to our Lagos team who stayed on the case. #RevolutionNow.”
See screenshot of the post below:
Gistreel reports that the #End SARS was a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria.
The movement which erupted in October 2020 had called for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police known for its long record of abuse against Nigerian citizens.
During the movement, some protesters were arrested for allegedly instigating violence in a peaceful environment while some were allegedly shot dead by the Nigerian soldiers who attempted to disrupt the protest.