Tag: Lagos Judicial Panel
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Court sentences ex-policeman to life imprisonment for killing football fan at viewing centre
A dismissed police officer, Olalekan Ogunyemi, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, for killing a football fan, Kolade Johnson. Ogunyemi, who was attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigeria Police, shot Johnson in the lower abdomen on March 31, 2019, at a viewing centre at Mangoro, Ikeja,…
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#EndSARS: Lagos judicial panel persecuted after Lekki ‘massacre’ report – Member
A member of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the investigation of the Lekki toll gate incident, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has raised alarm over the persecution of panel members since the report of its findings was submitted to the state government. Mr Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said in his statement on Thursday that…
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#EndSARS: Lagos Judicial Panel suspends sitting till further notice
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters will suspend its sitting until further notice, after Saturday (today’s) session. Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi, announced this at the resumed sitting of the panel. “There are two reports that we are expected to work on; we…
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Lagos Judicial Panel receives autopsy reports of 99 corpses recovered during #EndSARS protest week
The Lagos Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS and other related abuses has admitted in evidence post mortem results and Compact Discs of all 99 corpses deposited at the Lagos morgue between the 20th and the 27th of October 2020. A consultant pathologist to the Lagos State Government, Professor John Obafunwa, who is…
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#EndSARS: Lagos judicial panel issues bench warrant on council chairman
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS has issued a bench warrant to summon Hon. Rasaq Ajala, the Chairman of Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area. Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi issued the warrant on Tuesday at the instance of the police counsel, Cyril Ajiofor who told the panel that…
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#EndSARS protest coordinator testifies before Lagos judiciary panel as Army shuns invitation again
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters on Saturday listed eight petitions for hearing. The Nigerian Army was at the top of the list as the panel gave the military yet another chance to appear and state its version of the incident of Oct 20, 2020, at…
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#EndSARS: Lagos Judicial Panel says petitions against Military will hold despite continuous absence
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters on Saturday said petitions against the Nigerian Army will go on despite their absence yet again. Counsel to some victims of #EndSARS protests, Yinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) told the panel that he has an application to bring some witnesses to testify…
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#EndSARS : Lagos judicial panel summons IGP, Adamu
The Lagos State panel hearing cases of extrajudicial activities and police brutality has summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to appear before it over a case involving one Adewale Adewuyi. Chairperson of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi (Rtd.), disclosed this on Tuesday. Adewuyi, through his lawyer, Debo Adeleke, had alleged that the police refused…
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#ENDSARS: Lagos panel hands over Lekki Toll Gate to owners, approves reopening
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of police brutality and other related matters has returned control of the Lekki toll gate plaza to its owners, the Lekki Concession Company (LCC). During the proceedings on Saturday, the Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi, gave a ruling allowing the Lekki Concession Company (LCC)…
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‘Policemen shot me, killed my girlfriend,’ man tells Lagos Judicial Panel
A man, Emmanuel Akomafuwe, has narrated how he and his girlfriend (Adaugo) were stopped by men of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) around 7 pm on April 13, 2019. He narrated his ordeal when appearing before the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality in Lekki on Saturday. Akomafuwe, who was the first petitioner…