President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, have been sued over the shooting of #EndSARS protesters that happened at the Lekki toll gate, Lagos last Tuesday, October 20 by a lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje.
In a N10bn suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Ogungbeje said he is suing President Buhari, Buratai, and 10 others for violating the fundamental human rights of the protesters. Also joined as defendants in the suit are the Federal Government, the Nigerian Army, Chief of Defence Staff, Inspector-General of Police; Nigeria Police Force; State Security Service; Director-General, SSS; Lagos State Government; Attorney General of Lagos State; and the Attorney General of the Federation.
According to the suit, the lawyer is urging the court to compel the defendants to immediately pay N10bn compensation to all the victims of the mindless shooting and brutal killing at Lekki tollgate.
Ogungbeje is also demanding that the court declare the brutal shooting and use of brute force against unarmed, defenseless, and peaceful #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki tollgate as illegal, undemocratic, oppressive, and unconstitutional.
The lawyer is also urging the court to make an order compelling the immediate prosecution of all the culpable security agents, soldiers, and persons directly or indirectly or remotely involved in the dastardly shooting and killing of the protesters.
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