#EndSARS: With 105 petitions, Ogun panel ends submission of complaints

The Chairman, Ogun Judicial Panel of Investigation, Justice Solomon Olugbemi has disclosed that the panel has received a total of 105 petitions on police brutality and human rights abuses, putting an end to submission of complaints. Olugbemi who made this known in an interview with newsmen at the Magistrate Court 1, Isabo, Abeokuta said the […]

#EndSARS: With 105 petitions, Ogun panel ends submission of complaints

The Chairman, Ogun Judicial Panel of Investigation, Justice Solomon Olugbemi has disclosed that the panel has received a total of 105 petitions on police brutality and human rights abuses, putting an end to submission of complaints.

Olugbemi who made this known in an interview with newsmen at the Magistrate Court 1, Isabo, Abeokuta said the panel has in less than six weeks of its sittings, treated 19 out of the 105 petitions submitted.

Speaking on the deadline of petition submission, the chairman revealed that, “our initial deadline for submission was 18th November 2020, before it was extended to the end of November to give room for more petitions”.

The chairman added that the panel will do all in its power to ensure that nobody is witch-hunted, assuring that justice would be delivered based on evidences provided and adequate evaluation.