Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has found out an eight-member judicial panel of inquiry to seem into cases of abuses and brutality committed by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) within the state.
Mr Akeredolu constituted the panel members on Monday, consistent with a press release issued by the state's Commissioner for Information, Donald Ojogo.
Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu
The panel, headed by Justice Salisu Adesola Sidiq (Rtd), would also check out all complaints by members of the general public on alleged illegal activities of officers of Nigeria police in Ondo State.
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Terms of reference for the panel are: "to receive and investigate complaints of police brutality or related extrajudicial killings by the police in Ondo State, to guage evidence and conclude the validity of complaints, and to recommend compensation and other remedial measures, and perform the other assignment which will be deemed necessary pursuant to the present purpose."
The panel has six months to conclude the assignment and submit a report.
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