The judicial panel hearing cases of police brutality and SARS-related abuses in Lagos State has awarded N11 million as compensation to two petitioners.
One of the recipients was the wife of Rasheed Olanrewaju Kareem, who got N10 million for his gruesome killing.
Another victim of police brutality was Adebayo Yinka Austine, who was awarded N1 million for being unlawfully detained and brutalised by the defunct Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS).
Justice Doris Okuwobi, chairman of the panel, while delivering the verdict on Saturday, held that Rasheed Olanrewaju was extra-judicially killed on Oct. 21, 2020, at Tejuoso area of Surulere, Lagos State by men of the Nigerian Police Force.
She recommended that investigation should be conducted into the deliberate shooting of unarmed persons around Tejuosho.
The panel chair also recommended that an investigation into who shot and killed the deceased be conducted and be brought to the book.
Justice Okuwobi said she found out that the human rights of the petitioner was violated as guaranteed in the 1999 Constitution as amended and did not commit any criminal act when he was arrested.
She recommended that police officers who saw force and brutality as the hallmark of their profession should be trained and educated and sanctioned for any molestation of human rights.
She also said disciplinary action should be taken against a sergeant named Monday and other officers who were mentioned by the petitioner.
