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Court orders investigation of 50 #EndSARS protesters

An Abuja Magistrate Court in Abuja has ordered the Police to investigate 50 #EndSARS protesters over the role they played in the agitation for an end to police brutality in Nigeria.

The list includes Aisha Yesufu, Davido, Wizkid, Falz, Tiwa Savage and 45 others.

A man named Kenechukwu Okeke had on Monday, November 9, 2020, filed a criminal complaint at the Magistrate Court, Abuja against 50 Nigerians who actively participated in the #EndSARS protests.

Responding to the suit, Chief Magistrate Omolola Akindele of the Wuse Zone 6 of the Magistrate Court, on Friday, November 13, gave the Police two weeks to conclude their investigation on the case so that trial would commence.

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