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#EndSARS: Rights Commission Compensates 20 Victims Of Police Brutality
- The compensations range from between ₦500,000 to about ₦10 million
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has compensated 20 victims who suffered various violations of their rights in the hands of police officers and men of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations had its inaugural sitting in November 2020 after nationwide #EndSARS protest and has since received 297 petitions from across 29 states including the FCT.
The cases received include illegal arrests, extrajudicial killings, torture, unlawful prolonged detention, among others.
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According to the secretary of the panel, Hillary Ogbonna, 144 cases have been concluded while the rest have not been touched.
He further noted that 25 cases were struck out, while 12 were withdrawn
The compensations range from between ₦500,000 to about ₦10 million.
The panel assured the victims that the perpetrators will face justice, despite the compensation, as the Attorney General of the Federation will charge them to court.
In total, ₦146m have been disbursed to the victims so far, with more expected as several other cases are finalized.
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