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End SARS: Bayelsa Police appears before Judicial Panel over 10 allegations of brutality, extra-judicial killings
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The legal team of the Bayelsa Police Command on Wednesday made their first appearance before the State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on cases of alleged brutality and extra-judicial killings by personnel in some parts of the state.
The military who is also parties to some of the petitions before the Panel did not show up.
Out of the 14 cases for mention at the resumed sitting of the Panel Chaired by Justice Emmanuel Ogola (rtd), a total of 10 are against various levels of police personnel in the state.
By Ibironke Ariyo
Abuja, Jan. 7, 2021 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says no fewer than 10, 522 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) were recorded nationwide in 2020 involving 17,614 vehicles.
The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.
Kazeem said 4, 794 persons were recorded dead and 28,449 persons got various degrees of injury within the period under review, while 29,808 had minor injuries and survived.
He said there was a decrease in the total number of people killed by road traffic crashes in 2020 when compared to 2019.
He added that In 2019, the Corps recorded 4, 878 deaths as against 4, 794 deaths in 2020 representing a decrease of 84 which was 1.75 per cent decrease.
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Seven persons were on Tuesday injured as a tipper and a Sport Utility Vehicle fell off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and landed on the railway track which passes under the road.
Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the accident happened at Rainbow bus stop inside Ibadan towards the Ojoo end of the expressway.
The two vehicles were said to be heading towards the same direction, lost control and fell off the bridge.
One of the eyewitnesses, Abiodun Jegede, told our correspondent it was possible for the vehicles to fall off bridge because there were no railings on the bridge.