The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) the request to freeze the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests.
According to reports, a document which was seen disclosed that the apex bank filed the request on October 20, 2020, and the court granted the request on November 5.
In a related story, Afriupdate reported that the Federal Government has ordered the bank accounts of promoters of #EndSARS protests to be frozen.
Some #EndSARS promoters, who spoke separately to newsmen said their banks informed them that the Central Bank of Nigeria had directed that their accounts should be frozen.
![[FILE] A proterster raise the Nigerian national flag along with an EndSars flag during a protest to commemorate one anniversary of EndSars, a protest movement against police brutality at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, on October 20, 2021. – Hundreds of youth match to commemorate one year anniversary of Endars protest that rocked the major cities across the country on October 20, 2020. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)](https://www.afriupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/000_9Q26WJ-scaled-e1643856450254-120x86.jpg "FG gets #EndSARS report two years after, promises implementation 3")
Last months, youths calling for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police protested for two weeks in major cities of the country.
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