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Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, has alleged that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu invited the military during the #EndSARS in Lagos to avoid total anarchy. Taiwo, however, said the military was not happy that the governor denied inviting soldiers to restore peace and order in the state. He disclosed this while appearing before the Lagos judicial panel on Saturday. The army commander alleged that Sanwo-Olu called on the military for support on October 20, after the #EndSARS crisis degenerated into chaos. He said, “I spoke with the governor and said the army was unhappy that he said he did not ask for army’s intervention but I am sure that after you watched everything (video footages), you saw he had more than enough grounds to ask for army’s intervention; perhaps it was the way everything went.” See Also #EndSARS LIVE: Nigerian Army Testifies Before Lagos Judicial Panel Over Killing Of Protesters At Lekki Toll Gat

Tragedy struck in Bauchi State when a canoe transporting 23 farmers in Zango Majiya Village capsized, leading to the death of 18 people. Although five people were rescued, the driver and one other passenger were said to be unconscious. Public Relations Officer of the state’s Police Command, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who announced their deaths in a statement, said a medical doctor certified the 18 persons dead. Wakil said five persons including the canoe operator were rescued unconscious while corpses have been recovered and taken to a hospital in Itas for post-mortem examination. He said, “On November 12, 2020, around 11:00am, one Ali Adamu, village head of Majiya, came to Itas-Gadau Police Station and reported that on the same date, around 10:30am, one Nuhu Kaila of Zango Majiya Village carried about 23 persons in a canoe, from Zango Majiya to the farm. “On reaching the middle of River Buji, the canoe capsized and as a result, the following persons drowned in the river: Abdulr

The Nigerian Army is testifying on its involvement in the shooting and killing of peaceful #ENDSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on the 20th of October 2020. General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo of 81 Division Intelligence Brigade testified on behalf of the military. He confirmed a report by SaharaReporters that the military were drafted in by Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He claimed that the protest was hijacked by hoodlums and the military intervened to stop the killing of police officers as well as the looting and raping of citizens in the name of #EndSARS. He, however, added that the killings took place all over Lagos excluding Ikoyi and Victoria Island. LIVE: @HQNigerianArmy Testifies Before Lagos Judicial Panel Over Killing Of Protesters At Lekki Toll Gate | Sahara Reporters #LekkiMassacre #LekkiTollGateShooting #EndSARS WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/gqw9G7aTAH pic.twitter.com/zLDASzB6LU — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) November 14, 2020 Testifyi

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Udom Emmanuel The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, spent state funds to hire many Senior Advocates of Nigeria to represent him at the election tribunal where his electoral victory as governor was being challenged in 2015. An investigating officer of the EFCC, Abdulraman Arabo, told the court that the governor hired the immediate-past President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Paul Usoro (SAN), who, in turn invited other SANs to join him and that the N1.4bn legal fee paid to the SANs was drawn from the treasury of Akwa Ibom State’s account. Udom Emmanuel According to PUNCH, Arabo said this at the resumed money laundering trial of Usoro before Justice Rilwan Aikawa on Thursday. Usoro is facing amended six counts of money laundering. Also named as defendants in the case are the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Finance, Nsikan Nkan; the state’s Accountant General, Mfon Udomah