The Judicial Panel of Inquiry investigating police brutality in Anambra State has summoned James Nwafor, a retired police officer and former head of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad , Awkuzu area of the state.
This newspaper had earlier reported how Mr Nwafor was named as a major culprit in majority of the petitions submitted to the panel which were reviewed by this medium. According to official records, Mr Nwafor was appointed the commander of the Awkuzu SARS in 2012, an office he occupied till January 2016 when he was transferred to Bauchi State.
However, in September 2016, Mr Nwafor was again transferred back to his Awkuzu office, where he was until 2018 when he retired from the Nigeria police.While in office, several cases of human rights violations and extra-judicial killings were reported but nothing was done by the police authorities.
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