#EndSARS: Ogun Panel recommends N218m for victims of Police brutality

The Ogun State Judicial Panel of Investigation on Police Brutality and Extra Judicial killings has submitted its report to Governor Dapo Abiodun, recommending N218 million for victims of police brutality.

Chairman of the Panel, Justice Solomon Olugbemi disclosed that the Panel after its findings recommended a total payment of over N218m as compensation for 42 victims or families of victims of brutality and violation of human rights by Police and other security personnel in Ogun State.

The Chairman added that the Panel also made recommendations for the investigation, discipline and where appropriate, prosecution of certain personnel to serve as deterrent and in the interest of justice

Justice Olugbemi revealed that the Panel received a total of 106 petitions, out of which 58 were treated and the remaining 48 were either withdrawn, rejected or abandoned wholly or half-way by the petitioners.

According to the Chairman, “the 289 page report captured the testimonies and evidences of gory details of torture, unjustifiable shootings, inhumane treatment and other forms of human rights abuses leading to brain damage, spinal cord injuries, permanent disability, death, loss of means of livelihood, unlawful seizure of personal properties and various forms of atrocities”.