The Osun State panel of Inquiry investigating police brutality has charged the media covering its proceedings not to further fuel ember of disunity between the Police and public.
Chairman of the Panel, Retired Justice Akin Oladimeji gave the charge at the inaugural sitting of the panel in Osogbo.
Retired Justice Oladimeji noted that the police would always remain an indispensable institution in any modern society no matter how bad the situation is.
He cautioned counsels against what he described as unwarranted and frivolous applications for adjournments insisting that any application for adjournments would only be granted in compelling circumstances considering the fact that the panel has only 6 months to conclude its mandate.
The Retired Jurist was particular about the female gender as he appealed to them to come out of their shell and present petitions.
The panel Chairman who noted that members of his team were not angels, that sees the heart of a man, charged all petitioners to present their cases truthfully and with the required facts.
Justice Oladimeji promised that the panel would do nothing but justice to all the petitions brought before it.
Shortly after the inaugural speech, the panel went straight to attend to petitions already submitted before it.
The petitioners who alleged varying Degrees of brutality from maiming to outright killing asked the panel for hundreds of millions of Naira as compensation for damages they suffered in the hands of the defunct Police Special Anti Robbery Squad.
However, the Commissioner of police who was the defendants in all the cases was neither represented by any of his men or a Lawyer.
On the sideline of the proceedings, one of the counsels, Mr Fatai Ajani told Radio Nigeria that the chairman of the panel was a man of impeccable character and would do justice to the petitions.
So far, only six petitions have been presented to the panel.
Its sittings will hold on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Adenitan Akionla
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