EXCLUSIVE: #EndSARS: Despite 2,600 petitions, govt's legal aid scheme represents only five petitioners
EXCLUSIVE: #EndSARS: Despite 2,600 petitions, govt’s legal aid scheme represents only five petitioners PREMIUM TIMES confirms that the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) is offering legal services only in Lagos and Oyo. 3 min read As protests against police brutality raged across Nigeria last October, one of the pacifying concessions reached by the state and federal governments was the setting up of judicial panels of inquiry. The National Executive Council (NEC) headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo recommended that the panels be established in the 36 states of the feder...
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