Tag: Judicial Panel
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LASG, LCC ask judicial panel to strike out #EndSARS protest coordinator’s testimony
One of the Coordinators of the #EndSARS protests, Serah Ibrahim again failed to show up for her cross-examination on Saturday at the Lagos State judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters.
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Lagos #EndSARS judicial panel gets another tenure extension
The tenure of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has again been extended for another three months. The Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi stated this while hearing petitions on Friday. This means that the panel will now sit until October 19, a day…
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EndSARS protest opened our eyes – Gov Okowa
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said the EndSARS protest embarked on by Nigerians youths in 2020 to end police brutality opened the eyes of leaders to the suffering Nigerians pass through. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Okowa stated this on Friday while receiving the report of the State’s Judicial Panel of Inquiry into complaints of…
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BREAKING: Lagos judicial panel issues compensation to victims of Police brutality
The Lagos State judicial panel hearing cases of police brutality on Friday, awarded compensation to some victims of police brutality the panel has heard their cases and found meritorious. In a petition involving late Mrs. Kudirat Adebayo Abayomi, the panel on Friday, recommended the prosecution of the erring police officers, N10 million to be awarded…
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IGP Adamu disowns suit against judicial panels, queries police legal officer
The Nigerian Police have dissociated themselves from a suit challenging the legality of judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe the atrocities of the disbanded Special Armed Robbery Squad (SARS). According to a statement by Police spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed immediate investigations…
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Get me back on my feet, Poly student who lost leg to #EndSARS protest tells Judicial Panel of Inquiry
A Higher National Diploma student of Business Administration, Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Stephen Ohimai Asekhame, yesterday, appealed to Nigerian government to assist him in getting back to his feet following limb amputation from gunshot wounds sustained during the #EndSARS protest. He made the appeal at the resumption of hearing of the Edo State Judicial Panel of…
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SARs operatives stole, sold my car, land; tortured me for 47 days, victim tells Lagos judicial panel
The Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses in Lagos, got underway Tuesday with one of the petitioners recounting his Police brutality ordeal. Okolieagu Obunike, a father of five, told the panel that in 2012, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) operatives detained and tortured him for 47 days at their…
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#EndSARS: Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti, Delta, Edo, Abia, Plateau inaugurate panels on SARS abuses
Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti, Abia, Delta, Edo and Plateau states on Monday inaugurated panels to probe cases of human rights abuses against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while inaugurating the panel, appealed to youths protesting police brutality to vacate Lagos roads and embrace dialogue for resolution of the issues. He said…