This was one of the main demands of the #ENDSARS protesters.
But proceedings at the panels in many states have been delayed by lack of cooperation from the police and other security agencies, the observatory said.1. Most of the panels of inquiry stopped receiving petitions, thus denying large numbers of potential petitioners the opportunity for redress through the panels.3. Absence or unpreparedness of petitioners, respondents or their counsel.5.
A retired Supreme Court justice, Suleiman Galadima, was named chairman of the panel by the Executive Secretary of NHRC, Tony Ojukwu. In another development, the panel asked a petitioner, Musa Wapa, to seek a settlement with a former Zamfara State governor, Sani Yerima, whom he had accused of instigating some police officer “to arrest, torture and detain him following a business dispute between them in June 2020.”
This followed legal advice by the state’s attorney-general exonerating 253 #EndSARS protest suspects from the violence, looting and destruction of public and private asset recorded during the protests.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.