Six petitioners, who are the victims of SARS related abuses and other matters, have been awarded a sum of N19.2 million by the Lagos State Judicial Panel on restitution sitting in Lagos on Friday.
This was as a result of the infringement on their fundamental right to life and human dignity by the Nigeria Police Force.
The chairman of the Panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi (Rtd.), in a petition of Akinmade Akinrolabu vs the Nigeria Police Force, ruled that the petitioner be awarded a sum of ₦1.5 million as compensation.
In another petition of Ezeh Nnamdi Diedonne vs the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), the petition was dismissed for lacking merit.
In the petition of Sanusi Oluwakemi vs the Nigeria Police Force, the petitioner was awarded seven hundred and fifty thousand naira as compensation.
In the petition of Patrick Ocheme Micheal vs the Nigeria police force, the petitioner was awarded compensation in the sum of ₦3 million, while in the case of Ayomide Oyewunmi vs the Nigeria Police Force, the petitioner was awarded compensation in the sum of ₦1million.
In the petition of the family of Adeshina Adeoshun vs the Nigeria Police Force, the petitioner’s family was awarded compensation in the sum of ₦10 million for his killing allegedly by the Nigeria Police Force, Olosan division on October 20, 2020.
The panel also recommended the arrest and prosecution of all the officers involved in the killing of the deceased just as it ordered the police to produce the corpse which was reported to have been taken away by policemen from the Olosan police station Mushin on the day of the incident.
In the petition of Oluwatosin Temitope Odebode vs the Nigeria police force, the petitioner was awarded ₦3 million in compensation for brutality suffered at the hands of policemen.
