#EndSARS: List Of 20 Protesters In Ikoyi Prison Emerges On Social Media

Three years and seven months after the violent suppression of the nationwide #EndSARS protest, a list of some protesters who were allegedly detained on government order has emerged online from the Ikoyi Correctional Centre (formerly Ikoyi Prison) in Lagos.

The October 2020 protest, which started from Twitter (now X) before taking to the streets, was a result of targeted harassment and killings of youths by the Nigerian Police Force, NPF.

Following the shootout by deployed soldiers of the Nigerian Army on October 20, 2020, the Nigerian government filed trumped-up charges against protesters, including theft, arson, murder, and possession of firearms, among many others.

However, out of thousands of youths at the two-week-long protest at Lekki Toll Gate, Amnesty International reported that at least 15 protesters were languishing in Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and Ikoyi Medium Security Correctional Centre in Lagos on October 20, 2023.

Almost four years down the line, a list of protesters still being unlawfully detained – with the majority of them without trial – made its way to social media.

#EndSARS Protesters Incarcerated on Minor Cases

Twenty #EndSARS protesters in Ikoyi Correctional Centre with minor cases – John Chibuke (Cell D1: #EndSARS: Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Kunle Adeyemi (Cell D4: #EndSARS Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Sanusi Yusuf (Cell B2: Raiding -Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10), Christian Akala (Cell B3: Raiding – Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10), Kareem Adekunle (Cell B6: Raiding – Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10), Emmanuel Opanka (Cell D1: Fighting – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Samuel Emenike (Cell D3: Raiding – Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10), JohnBosco Simon (Cell D2: Illegal Entry – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Ayeri Edidong (Cell D7: Vandalism – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Sunday Tolu (Cell D7: Suspected Cultist – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10).

Others – Timothy Eket (Cell D4: #EndSARS – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Stanley Okezie (Cell B6: Suspected Cultist – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Adekunle Lookman (Cell D3: #EndSARS – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Tobi Ojajune (Cell D3: #EndSARS – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Kelvin Onyeka (Cell B2: Raiding  – Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10), Waniko Aliyu (Cell B2: Raiding – Ajah Magistrate Court: 6/10), Akala Emmanuel (Cell B1: Raiding – Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10), Gabriel Uzochukwu (Cell D1: Fighting – Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10), Sanusi Musa (Cell D4: Raiding – Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10), and Issa Mohammed (Cell D3: Fighting – Ikeja Magistrate Court: 6/10).

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