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#EndSARS: My Reputation Greatly Damaged, 2023 Ambition Threatened, Ex-Commissioner Tells Panel
- The petitioner is seeking a ₦30 million compensation for the trauma he suffered at the hands of the police
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters, on Saturday, listened to the cross-examination of a former commissioner of Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Kenny Okolugbo.
At a previous proceeding, he had told the panel that his former tenant, Emmanuel Okaka, who owed him four months’ rent, had falsely accused him of the unlawful ejection, forceful entry and stealing.
Based on these false allegations, Okolugbo said he was arrested, brutalised and charged to court.
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He also accused some online media outlets of conniving with one ASP Sunday Nwauzor and Zebedee Arekhandia of the Legal Department, to publish false information about the case.
With the petitioner now exonerated and the case struck out on the advice of the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP), Okolugbo said the Nigeria Police Force has greatly damaged his reputation, which threatens his political ambitions in 2023.
While asking the Panel to recommend the dismissal and prosecution of the two police officers, he sought a ₦30 million compensation for the trauma he suffered at the hands of the police.
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