The Abuja panel probing allegations of human rights violations committed by the defunct police unit, SARS, on Tuesday, awarded N289 million to victims.
The beneficiaries include a man who lost his limb after he was unjustly shot by a police officer and the family of a young man who was arrested by SARS operatives and who died in detention six years ago.
Wednesday’s ceremony marks the second and final batch of compensation by the Abuja panel to victims of widespread rights abuses by the police.
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In the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest, many states set up independent panels to probe rights violations by the police unit and other units of the Nigerian police. In Abuja, the Nigerian capital, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was saddled with the responsibility to conduct the probe.
The NHRC set up an 11-member panel, which was inaugurated on 21 October 2020.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the setting up of the panels in 29 states and Abuja was spurred by the nationwide #EndSARS anti-police brutality protest led by the young Nigerians in October 2020.
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Following the protest, SARS was proscribed, with authorities promising broad police reforms and setting up judicial panels of inquiry across the states to investigate the allegations and award compensation to victims.
The Abuja panel probing allegations of human rights violations committed by the defunct police unit, SARS, on Tuesday, awarded N289 million to victims.
The beneficiaries include a man who lost his limb after he was unjustly shot by a police officer and the family of a young man who was arrested by SARS operatives and who died in detention six years ago.
Wednesday’s ceremony marks the second and final batch of compensation by the Abuja panel to victims of widespread rights abuses by the police.
In the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest, many states set up independent panels to probe rights violations by the police unit and other units of the Nigerian police. In Abuja, the Nigerian capital, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was saddled with the responsibility to conduct the probe.
The NHRC set up an 11-member panel, which was inaugurated on 21 October 2020.
News emanated that the setting up of the panels in 29 states and Abuja was spurred by the nationwide #EndSARS anti-police brutality protest led by the young Nigerians in October 2020.
Following the protest, SARS was proscribed, with authorities promising broad police reforms and setting up judicial panels of inquiry across the states to investigate the allegations and award compensation to victims.
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