Sixteen #EndSARS campaigners, who participated in the protests have petitioned a Federal High Court in Abuja to reverse the restriction placed on their accounts by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN earlier on received approval from the Federal High Court in Abuja to freeze the accounts of about 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests till January. 16 of the affected persons filed a motion on Thursday through their lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), to set aside the order and unfreeze their accounts. In a supporting affidavit, the apex bank had also alleged that the #EndSARS campaigners may have received their funding through acts of terrorism and asked the judge to swiftly freeze the accounts.

Officers of the Nigerian Army, led by the Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victory Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen Ahmed Taiwo is currently at the Lagos Court of Arbitration, venue of the probe into the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers on the night of October 20, at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos. Following a summon by the retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led Judicial Panel of Inquiry, the Army had submitted the names of three Lieutenant Generals and a Lieutenant Colonel, who will testify before the panel.

The Government of Canada through its high commission in Nigeria say they do not grant asylum seekers application directly from individual but only through a second or third party individuals. This followed the rumor making round that Canada has granted asylum to, Dj Switch, an EndSARS Protest leader who was responsible for circulating fake video of purported Lekki killing by the Nigerian Army.

A wide spectrum of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the northeast especially from Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe state have thrown their weight behind, Ali Ndume, Senator representing Southern Borno District, for saying deradicalization of Boko Haram was premature as the war has not been won.

The Presidency has warned that promoters of the recent #EndSARS protests which degenerated into lost and destruction of lives and properties must answer for their actions. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu while featuring on Sunday Politics on Channels Television monitored in Abuja said the protesters must face the law. “This country has only one president and has only one constitution. President Muhammadu Buhari is responsible for his government. The buck stops on his table.

The House of Representatives has denied approving that members of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) carry and use firearms. The House Committee on FRSC, at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, said it only expressed concerns over the safety of members of the corps. On Thursday, the Corps Marshall, Boboye Oyeyemi, had appeared before the committee to defend the 2021 budget proposed by the FRSC, where he lamented the threats to officers of the corps. At the meeting, the lawmakers suggested that members of the corps should bear arms to curtail the excesses of road users in the country.