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  • Army detains soldier over death of protester in Kaduna

    Army detains soldier over death of protester in Kaduna

    Army detains soldier over death of protester in Kaduna

    The Nigerian Army has detained a soldier who killed a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed, while attempting to stop hoodlums who were causing mayhem in Samaru, Zaria, in Kaduna State on Tuesday.

     

    This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Wednesday in Abuja.

     

    Nwachukwu said the troops received a distress call that some hoodlums gathered in Samaru area of Zaria in large numbers, burning tyres on the road and pelting stones on security personnel.

    He said the troops immediately mobilised and arrived at the scene to disperse the mob and enforce the curfew imposed by the state government.

     

    “On arrival at the scene, the hoodlums brazenly attempted attacking the troops, prompting a soldier to fire a warning shot to scare the hoodlums away, which unfortunately led to the death of a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed.

     

    “The soldier involved has since been arrested and undergoing interrogation as of the time of this report,” he said.

    Nwachukwu said the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja was saddened by the unfortunate incident.

     

    He said the COAS had sent a high-powered delegation led by the General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Maj.-Gen. Lander Saraso, to visit and condole with the family of the deceased.

     

    According to him, the deceased was buried according to Islamic rites, with senior military officers of the Nigerian army in attendance. (NAN).

     

     

  • Military Takeover Not Part Of Our #EndBadGovernance Struggle – Sowore Disowns Protesters With Russian Flag

    Military Takeover Not Part Of Our #EndBadGovernance Struggle – Sowore Disowns Protesters With Russian Flag

    Military Takeover Not Part Of Our #EndBadGovernance Struggle – Sowore Disowns Protesters With Russian Flag

     

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    Sowore said this in a post on his X social media handle while reacting to speculations that the nationwide hunger and hardship protest was to orchestrate a military takeover of the country.

     

    Human rights activist and Convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has distanced #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters from a purported call for a military takeover in Nigeria.

     

     

     

     

    Sowore said this in a post on his X social media handle while reacting to speculations that the nationwide hunger and hardship protest was to orchestrate a military takeover of the country.

     

     

     

    He said that while the struggle for freedom in the current ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest included all institutions involved in promoting “lousy” governance in Nigeria, including the Nigerian military, the struggle is not for military takeover.

     

     

     

     

    Sowore, a former presidential candidate of Africa Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 general elections said, “We must reiterate that our struggle for freedom, culminating in the current END BAD GOVERNANCE revolt, includes all institutions involved in promoting lousy governance in Nigeria, including the Nigerian military.

     

     

     

    “We note with concern that a section of protesters, particularly in Kano and Kaduna, have been waving Russian flags at the same time, calling on the military to take over power.

     

     

     

    “Some well-mannered military buzzards have shown up at protest grounds claiming to calm protesters, we are not deceived.

     

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    “We want to restate that we are diametrically opposed to military rule because the Nigerian military is as terrible or even more terrible than its civilian counterparts in Abuja.

     

     

     

    “We, therefore, distance our REVOLUTIONARY #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria #DaysOfRage #RevolutionNow struggle from those calling for military rule.

     

     

     

    “The current people-led mass uprising will defeat the enemies of our country and usher in a new era completely detached from the past and current rotten system.”

     

     

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  • JUST IN: DSS arrests #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest leader in Abuja

    JUST IN: DSS arrests #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest leader in Abuja

    JUST IN: DSS arrests #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest leader in Abuja

     

     

    Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin.

     

    Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT.

     

    Speaking with our correspondent, the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, said Lenin’s house was raided by the DSS.

     

    He alleged that the DSS also assaulted him during his arrest.

     

    Adenola said, “ Lenin has been arrested by the DSS. He was picked up during a raid on his house around 2am.

     

    “He was arrested and tortured in the presence of his family. We are demanding his immediate and unconditional release.“

     

    The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, could not be reached as of the time of filing this report.

     

    He has yet to respond to a message sent to him.

     

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    Lenin, who is the National Coordinator, of the Youth Rights Campaign, was one of the organisers who spoke at a press briefing expressing disappointment with President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast on Sunday.

     

    At the briefing, he said the President’s broadcast demonstrated that he is out of touch with reality in the country.

     

    He said, “We wish to express our sadness and deep disappointment at the latest broadcast by President Tinubu which is his first address to the nation on the #EndBadGovernance protests, after over three weeks since Nigerians started mobilising to take to the streets and after scores of dead protesters and assaulted journalists from the first three days of the protests.

     

    “ Many had requested that the President should just address the nation when the protest was being mobilised and when it started to escalate, but most of us did not know that the President would only justify state violence on protesters and journalists while dismissing the demands of the protesters whenever he decides to speak.

     

    “This, plus the failed attempt to co-opt the progressive and radical language of the protests only shows how much President Tinubu is out of touch with the masses.“

     

    Lenin, however, said the protest would continue massively on Monday, calling on the citizens to come out in large numbers.

     

    He said, “We, therefore, call on Nigerians to come out in large numbers to continue these protests on Monday until our demands are met. The two-pronged approach of violence and propaganda has failed.

     

    “The violence and repressions are just attempts to silence and control us, and the propaganda cannot sway or fool us.”