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ECOWAS Court Finds FGN Guilty Of Rights Violation During #EndSARS Protest
ECOWAS Court Finds FG Gu¡lty Of Rights Violation During #EndSARS Protest The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) community court of justice has found the federal government of Nigeria guilty of human rights abuses in its response to the #EndSARS protest in October 2020. The court ruled on Wednesday that the Nigerian government’s actions, particularly its disproportionate use of force at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, breached several international human rights standards, including articles 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African charter on human and peoples’ rights. The court mandates the Nigerian government to pay…