The panel heard that the deceased was hit by a bullet while the police were trying to disperse protesters who came out in the morning of October 21, 2020, a day after the Lekki shooting incident The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters has issued a … Read more
The front-loading process means that the petitioners will state their petitions in writing and the panel will adopt it and begin cross-examination The Lagos Judicial Panel set up to ensure restitution for victims of SARS and other related abuses has said it will begin the process of front-loading as a means of hastening hearings of … Read more
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters has summoned three management staff of Techno oil. Those summoned are the Group Managing Director, Nkechi Obi, Anthony Onyeama and Godfrey Okigbo. The Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi gave approval for a subpoena summoning the three based on … Read more
Nwadi said he was detained for three months at the police cell because he could not provide a sum of ₦10,000 A victim of police abuse has been awarded ₦7.5 million by the Lagos Judicial Panel on Friday for the ordeal he went through. Chidiebere Nwadi was arrested on his first day in Lagos in … Read more
The Chairman of the panel had held that the petitions against the army would proceed even if they failed to show up The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters has decided to hear petitions filed against the Nigerian Army despite their absence yet again. The panel had … Read more
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality especially involving officers of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has awarded compensations to two petitioners. The two petitioners, Kudirat Obayomi and Hannah Olugbodi were awarded ₦10 million each on Friday, as compensation based on the panel’s recommendation. … Read more
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… As Panel Stalls LCC’s Application To Gain Access The Lagos State Government has paid forensic experts to uncover the truth of what happened at the Lekki tollgate in the wake of the #EndSARS demonstrations on October 20, 2020. This is according to the Chairperson of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims … Read more
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses has said that it will no longer condone the Police’s wasting of time by stalling on calling witnesses, especially officers who have been accused of being involved in various cases of abuses, to appear before it. Chairperson of the Panel, Justice Doris … Read more
A petitioner, Hannah Olugbodi, an hairstylist whose mobility is aided by a pair of crutches, on Saturday told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing allegations of human rights violations against the police how she was hit by a stray bullet on June 6, 2018. On the said date, she returned home from work … Read more
A petitioner, Silifat Adeyemo, who appeared before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing allegations of human rights abuses against the police, testified against the police, saying her husband was shot by a SARS official exactly two years ago. Her husband, Rotimi Adeyemo, an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, was killed … Read more
A petitioner, Emmanuel Ajomafuwe, on Saturday, prayed the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry to help him get justice for his girlfriend, who was shot dead by a police officer. Ajomafuwe (33) told the retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel that he was driving with his girlfriend, Ada Ifeanyi (20) around 7am on Saturday, April 13, … Read more
A petitioner, Basil Ejiagwa who was supposed to appear on Tuesday before the Lagos Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of brutality by the now-disbanded SARS Operatives, is dead. His cousin, Chukwu Vincent notified the panel that he died exactly a week ago, on the 17th of November, 2020. Ejiagwa was scheduled as the third … Read more
NOVEMBER 14, 2020 The Nigerian Army has said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the right decision to invite the army when violence broke out across the state on October 20. The Nation reports that Brigadier-General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo stated this in his testimony at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of … Read more