Afrigather The Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS) Group Courtroom of Justice has dominated that the Nigerian authorities dedicated human rights abuses throughout its response to the #EndSARS protest in October 2020.
In its ruling on Wednesday, the courtroom held that the federal government’s actions, notably the extreme use of pressure on the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, violated a number of worldwide human rights requirements.
The courtroom specified that the Nigerian authorities breached articles 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African Constitution on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
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In consequence, the courtroom ordered the Nigerian authorities to pay N2 million in compensation to every sufferer named within the lawsuit.
The Buhari-led authorities on October 20, 2020, deployed the army to Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State to protesters who had camped on the venue for days.
A number of human rights organisations, together with Amnesty Worldwide, stated dozens of protesters had been killed within the course of in what they dubbed as “Lekki Bloodbath.” The federal authorities and the army have persistently denied allegations.
