The Lagos judicial panel on police brutality has submitted
its report to the state government.
The report was submitted on Monday to Babajide Sanwo-Olu,
governor of the state, at the government house, Ikeja, Lagos.
On October 19, 2020, as part of recommendations put forward
during the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos government inaugurated the judicial
panel to investigate petitions on police brutality in the state.
Speaking after receiving the report, Sanwo-Olu said it is
the beginning of the “difficult process of proper reconciliation and
restitution”.
The governor commended members of the panel for the work
done, adding that posterity will be kind to them.
He said the report will be submitted to the national
economic council (NEC), adding that “proper response” will be accorded to the
recommendations.
Sanwo-Olu also constituted a four-member committee headed by
Moyosore Onigbanjo, the state’s attorney-general, to come up with a white paper
on the panel’s recommendations within the next two weeks.
“I’m believing and trusting that this process will help us
start the very difficult process of proper reconciliation, restitution,
bringing together of anyone that must have been one form or the other being
affected,” he said.
“By either the police or any of our citizens that must have
been wronged by one form or the other, the process of healing, I imagine, with
the submission of this panel report, will start that process.”
The sitting was initially meant to last for six months but
the period of proceedings stretched into one year.
The panel concluded its sitting on October 18, 2021, and
said its findings and recommendations would be submitted to the state
government.
Doris Okuwobi, chairperson of the panel, had said 186 of the
252 petitions submitted were deliberated upon.
According to an infographic released by the panel, the sum
of N409.7 million was awarded to 70 petitioners.
However, the decision of the panel not to disclose its
report on the Lekki shooting incident did not go down well with many Nigerians,
including lawyers representing #EndSARS protesters.
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