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Share There was a mild drama today before the independent investigative panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units when some relatives of a victim of an alleged extrajudicial killing by police operatives disrupted the testimony of the first respondent in their petition. The family of the deceased, Festus Idehen, had petitioned the panel, alleging that he was extrajudicially killed by the police. The petitioner joined ASP Kingsley Oje...

Vanguard News Police forged demand warrant, detained me for months, victim tells NHRC On By Tordue Salem, Abuja A case bordering on alleged abuse of office came up for hearing at the ongoing Independent Investigative Panel on SARS and other units of the Nigeria Police. In a complaint filed by Sani Bello, a research analyst with Save the Soul Transparency and Eagle eyes International foundation, Bello stated in his petition the atrocities suffered by one of the organization’s agents, Dr. Geor...

Share The elder sister to a man allegedly killed by an officer of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Felix Idehen, on Tuesday told the National Human Rights Commission’s independent investigative panel on defunct SARS and other police units that an officer of SARS was responsible for the death of her brother and he also refused to release his corpse for burial. Mrs Doris Idedia stated this while being cross-examined by counsel for the respondents, G.C. Ijeoma, adding that though s...