Ibadan-born lawyer, Barrister Yusuf Nurudeen , has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to seek N50 million compensation each for #EndSARS protesters that were killed by security operatives in Nigeria .
The defendant in the suit are the President Muhammadu Buhari , Governor Babajide Sanw 0 – Olu , the Chief of Army Staff , Lt . Gen. Tukur Buratai , and nine others
The lawyer urged the court to declare the shootings of # EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate as illegal.
Apart from Buhari and Sanwo- Olu , 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 ; Attorney General of Lagos State ; and the Attorney General of the Federation.
The lawyer faulted the argument that the soldiers who shot the # EndSARS protesters were imposing curfew order in the state .
“ I know as fact that death is not a penalty for violating curfew . And that as of the time the shooting commenced , the curfew declared had not been in force . It was supposed to commence at 9 : 00 pm on that day , being 20 th of October , 2020 , ” he said.
He asked the court to declare that “ the action of the Defendants in dispersing the peaceful # EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday , 20 th of October , 2020 , with brute force by shooting life bullets at Nigerian youths is unjustifiable , inexcusable and not permitted , therefore , wrongful , unlawful , unconstitutional. ”
He is also seeking “ an order compelling the Defendants jointly and severally to pay the families of all Nigerian youths that lost their life at Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday , 20 th of October , 2020 the sum of N50 , 000 , 000 each as damages and pay the plaintiff the sum N 5 , 000 , 000 for the violation of his right to Freedom of Expression and Right to peaceful assembly . ”
