Nwangoro Nnaemeka
Updated May 17, 2021
Justice Christopher Awubra and other members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry at a sitting in Taraba State on January 6, 2021.
The Justice Christopher Awubra Judicial Panel on Restitution of Victims of Police Brutality and other security agencies has concluded its sitting in Taraba State with no compensation awarded to any individual.
Inaugurated on October 22, 2020, the panel received and listened to a total of 34 petitions since its inaugural sitting on November 26 last year.
The state governor, Darius Ishaku, had given the panel two months to complete its task but later extended it to six months, considering the task involved.
I’m Henry Ifeanyi. I sell and repair video games in New Haven, a suburb in Enugu.
My SARS experience cannot be described as a story. It was a nightmare.
In my 30 years of living, this experience counts as one of, if not the worst.
Arrest like armed robbery or kidnapping
At about 6 a.m on February 8, 2017, I was forced out of sleep by a loud bang on my door. Six men wielding guns barged into my room, knocking down the door in the process. They ordered me to lie on the floor. I obeyed. I thought they were armed robbers. I had no money in the house and feared I would be relieved of my phone and beaten instead.
Lagos #EndSARS panel: Absence of police lawyers stall proceedings
The petitions of seven families against the Nigerian Police the Federal Special Anti-Robbery unit had been slated for hearing on Friday.
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The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality failed to sit Friday following the absence of lawyers representing the police.
The sitting – the 79th since the panel begin last year -was scheduled to hear petitions from seven families against the Nigerian Police and the Federal Special Anti-Robbery unit of the police.
The petitioners include the family of late Ibrahim Olojede, the family of late Gregory Egwu, Obochi Micheal Owoicho, Mukaila Shobukola, Idris Saula, Segun Ishola, and the family of late Okoronkwo Sylvester Ogbonnaya.
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Prof. John Egbeazien Oshodi
Published 13 May 2021
Given the widespread reports of attacks on police stations across in the media, in recent weeks, we can say that Nigeria has treated its police as well as other law enforcement men and women unfairly. Why the recent police deaths are particularly problematic is because of the dramatic rate, unique nature, strangeness, and unfortunate messages these acts send to the country.
All these are happening suddenly as Nigeria looks like tumbling into the darkness due to its most crucial issues such as lawlessness, impunity, nepotism, joblessness, hopelessness, corruption, insecurity, and kidnapping.