Just In : Nigerian High Court Discharges, Acquits Three #EndSARS Detainees In Lagos
The Take-It-Back Movement disclosed this on Monday in a statement. The organisation thanked the Lagos State chapter of the movement which undertook the legal cases and saw them to the end.
Justice Nicole Clay of the Lagos State High Court has discharged and acquitted three persons detained for their alleged involvement in the #EndSARS protest.
The Take-It-Back Movement disclosed this on Monday in a statement. The organisation thanked the Lagos State chapter of the movement which undertook the legal cases and saw them to the end.
Flash: After a year long legal intervention by the TIB, Court discharges and acquites three #EndSARS detainee;
Sunday Okoro, Olumide Fatai and Oluwole Yisa. Great appreciation to our Lagos team who stayed on the case. #RevolutionNow
— Take it back Movement (@TIBmovement) March 25, 2024
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.”
