Lagos State Judiciary Panel of Inquiry Commences Sitting
The Lagos panel of Inquiry and Restitution for victims of the disbanded Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad began sitting on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
Two representatives of the #EndSARS protests, Rinu Oduala and Temitope Majekodunmi, were sworn into the panel today.
Majekodunmi and Oduala emerged as youth representatives after online voting by young people.
The youth representatives as well as the South-West Zonal Coordinator of the National Human Rights Commission, Mr Lucas Koyejo, took their oath of office on Tuesday, joining Justice Doris Okuwobi (Rtd) and Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) on the panel.
Other members of the panel include Mr Taiwo Lakanu, a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police; Ms Patience Udoh, representing the civil society; Mr Segun Awosanya, human rights activist; Mrs Olutoyin Odusanya, Director, Lagos Citizens Mediation Centre.
The panel of inquiry and restitution was set up to investigate cases of brutality and human rights violations committed by operatives of the dissolved SARS in Lagos State. It will sit from 10:00am to 4:00pm on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays for six months at the Lagos Court of Arbitration, Remi Oluwode Street, Lekki Phase 1.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu commended the youth in Lagos for coming together to select Oduala and Temitope to join the panel.
The governor also said that the scope of the panel had been expanded to cover the Lekki Toll Gate incident while he called on victims to submit their memoranda through the panel’s email: judicialpanelonsars@lagosstate.gov.
