Following the submission of the report of the Lagos state Judicial Panel on Police Brutality and other Related Matters, Vincent Ezekwueme, a member representing the Coalition of Anambra Civil Society Organisations at the Anambra Judicial Panel has said the Anambra panel has investigated 310 petitions received from residents of the state.
Mr Ezekwueme, who is the Chairman of the Civil Liberties Organisation in Anambra disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Thursday.
Stating that the number of cases investigated in the state stood at 310 – the highest in the federation, he informed that the panel was gradually winding down its activities, as it was currently at its findings re-verification and conclusion stage.
Speaking further, he expressed that the Retired Justice Veronica Umeh-led panel was working meticulously to ensure it lived up to its mandate and was poised to present a worthwhile report and appropriate recommendation, adding that the panel had vowed to do justice to all the petitions and complaints brought before it.
Recall that the 37-member panel was set up on October 20, 2020, to look into the allegations of brutality and extra-judicial killings by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
The panel was also mandated to receive and investigate the complaints of police brutality in the state.
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