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#EndSARS: Lagos Governor swears in judicial panel, hearing commences today

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Oct 19, 2020

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday swore in a Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution to look into cases of human rights abuses by members of the just disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.

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The panel headed by Justice Doris Okuwobi of the Lagos State High Court was sworn in at the Lagos House, Marina.

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The panel has the mandate to investigate cases of rights violations by SARS officers and ensure the making of restitution to the victims.

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The panel's first sitting is scheduled for today at the Head Office of the Lagos State Waterways Authority at Falomo Roundabout, in Ikoyi.

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It is to sit between 10 am and 4 pm daily.

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Among members of the panel are human rights lawyers, Messrs Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) and Segun Awosanya, popularly known as Segalinks.

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