Friday, April 25, 2025

#EndSARS: UK Parliament fixes date to debate sanctions against Buhari’s government

The Nigerian government is being held responsible for deadly military attacks on protesters.

• November 18, 2020
British Parliament (Credit: People's Daily)
British Parliament (Credit: People’s Daily)

Members of the UK Parliament have scheduled November 23 to debate sanctions against the Buhari administration over its handling of the historic #EndSARS protests last month.

The parliamentarians will consider a petition from hundreds of thousands of Nigerians that asked them to look into the killings and gross violations of human rights abuses by security forces and other officials. The petitions were filed online last month.

Mr. Buhari has yet to hold any of his military or political appointees to account since the killing of protesters by Nigerian soldiers on October 20. Instead the Nigerian leader has been defiant, saying he would never tolerate any protests of #EndSARS magnitude again.

The administration has also targeted hundreds of citizens who took part in the protests for arrest, intimidation and travel restrictions. Both the military and civilian authorities have maintained no wrongdoing in the attacks.

It was unclear whether the British lawmakers would recommend sanctions after debating the petitions, or if the government would implement them considering Nigeria’s long-standing ties with the UK.

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

Abubakar Kyari

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu

NationWide

FG lauds Ghana for rescuing 219 trafficked Nigerians

She urged the trafficked victims to consider themselves lucky to be rescued.

Bukola Saraki

NationWide

Insincere opposition leaders should leave PDP now; party will be repositioned: Saraki

“Our party members should not lose focus, hope, or the determination to win,” he said.

Bola Tinubu and World Bank

NationWide

More Nigerians to plunge into poverty under Tinubu’s watch: World Bank

According to the World Bank, Nigeria is home to the highest number of extremely poor people in the world.

States

2025: Niger assembly approves N151.7 billion LG budget

He said the House would strengthen its oversight functions to ensure proper budget implementation.

Omar Alieu Touray

Africa

ECOWAS solicits support for standby force following Bénin terrorist attack

About 54 soldiers were killed in the terrorist attack in northern Benin on April 17.

Folashade Ambrose

Lagos

Lagos tasks cooperative college governing council on entrepreneurship

The commissioner emphasised the importance of clarity of vision and objectives.