Tag: Lagos Panel
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#EndSARS: Lagos Panel concludes sitting, awards N410m to 70 victims
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters has held its valedictory sitting after 131 proceedings.
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Lagos panel awards Kolade Johnson’s family, 12 others N83m
The Lagos judicial panel has compensated 13 victims of police brutality with N83million. One of the beneficiaries was the family of the late Kolade Johnson, who was killed in 2019. Panel chairman, Justice Doris Okuwobi, handed over a cheque of N10 million to Johnson’s mother. Johnson, 36, was shot by members of the police anti-cultism…
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Four #EndSARS petitioners receive N16.25m cheques from Lagos Panel
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters has handed out cheques to four deserving petitioners. At the resumed sitting on Saturday, the panel gave decisions in six petitions and found that the four of them were able to prove their cases successfully. The petitioners, comprising three women…
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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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Lekki shootings: Nigerian Army Ignores Summons, Fails To Appear Before Lagos Panel
The Nigerian Army has again failed to appear before the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters. It’s the third time they’ve failed to honour the summons of the panel for officers involved in the shooting to explain what happened at the Lekki toll gate on the 20th…
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DCP Abba Kyari dragged before Lagos panel over alleged extortion of N41m
A 38-year-old real estate agent, Afeez Mojeed, has dragged Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari before the Lagos State Judicial Panel over allegation of extortion, brutality. Mojeed, in his petition, claimed that officers of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, under the leadership of Kyari, brutalised and forced him to transfer various amount of money…
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JUST IN: CNN rejects Lagos Panel summon on Lekki shootings
American based Cable News Network, Inc.(CNN) has objected to a Witness Summons by the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution of Victims of SARS Related Abuses for its Team of Reporters to appear before it today (Saturday), December 12, to give evidence on their reportage of the #EndSARS Lekki shooting. The international news outfit…
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Lekki Shooting: #EndSARS lawyer wants Fashola to appear before panel
Counsel for some #EndSARS protesters in Lagos State, Mr Adesina Ogunlana, has said Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), will have to appear before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry “discovery” of a video camera at the Lekki toll gate on the night of October 20. Ogunlana stated this while interrogating the Managing-Director of…
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JUST IN: Lagos panel begins viewing of Lekki shooting video
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters has begun viewing of 2 hours 29 minutes of the October 20 Lekki shootings footage captured by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC). This portion of the total 21-hour footage begins from 5 pm and ends at 7:59…
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BREAKING: Seven ‘Lekki shootings victims’ appear before Lagos panel
Seven alleged victims of the October 20 Lekki shootings have ‘surfaced’ at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. Their lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika SAN, told the panel he had a petition on their behalf against the Nigerian Army. Olumide-Fusika sought directions from Justice Doris…