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Police Brutality: Justice Adeniji Expresses Appreciation As Oyo Judicial Panel Ends Sitting

By Web News 13 July 2021 673

The Oyo State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality has ended its sitting in Ibadan

Addressing newsmen at the venue of the sitting, House of Chief Secretariat Ibadan, Chairman of the Panel, Retired Justice Badejoko Adeniji who said the panel was inaugurated by Governor Seyi Makinde on November 10^th 2020, explained that the first public sitting of the panel was on 26^th January, 2021 with the panel receiving one hundred and sixty-three petitions.

Justice Adeniji said the panel successfully concluded the entire petitions table before it.

Justice Adeniji expressed her gratitude to the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde for the opportunity serve the state, while also appreciating efforts of members of the panel, as well as newsmen.

Funmilola Obagbayegun

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Police Brutality: Father Demands 10 Million Naira For Son’s Treatment

By Web News 1 June 2021 886

The father of a victim of Endsars protest, Mr Micheal Olatunde has requested for Ten million naira for the treatment of his son Gbenga Olatunde at the University college hospital Ibadan.
He made this plea before the Oyo State Judicial Panel of inquiry on police brutality led by retired Justice Badejoko Adeniji in a petition with number OYJPPB/93.
The victim Gbenga Olatunde a two hundred level student of Federal University of Technology, FUTA, was sitting outside his father’s pepper mill at No 18 Alabode compound, ojoo market on 20th October 2020 when a stray bullet hit his forehead.
During cross examination, the victim’s father,Mr Michael Olatunde presented receipts of the money spent at the hospital, as part of the exhibits, to the panel.
Mr Olatunde added that his son would be going for plastic surgery on his forehead.
After thorough consideration, the judicial panel told the father of the victim to compile all the receipts of the treatment properly.

Funmilayo Obagbayegun

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SARS: Father Seeks N50million Compensation for Son’s Killing

By Web News 25 March 2021 604

A sixty six year old man, Kolawole Owoade has cried to the Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality for the award of fifty million naira as general compensation for the loss of his son Adewale Owoade killed by men of Special Anti Robbery Squads in 2006.

Mr. Owoade also said the money would also help him to take care of the mother of the deceased who had been on sick bed since the incident occurred.

Pursuing his petition before the Panel, Mr. Owoade said on November 11, 2006, one of their neighbors called Mr. Lasunkanmi reported to one Morufu Ogundele the recharge card he was selling had been stolen, and the latter reported the case to the Police and mentioned his son Adewale Owoade.

He said they were coming from church on that day when he was approached by the six SARS officers who asked him if he were the father to Adewale.

He said “the SARS left us and went inside without permission to search our house with gun, they scattered everywhere with gun. As some of them were searching our house, we suddenly heard a gunshot from outside which forced us to rush out. “

“When we got out we discovered that those officer had shot Adewale when he trying to leave the compound”. The man explained.

When asked where the boy was shot, Mr. Owoade said the deceased jumped down from upstairs before he was shot and was seen with his intestines outside.

He said the boy was nineteen year old and was a student of a private Polytechnic when he was killed in 2006.

Mr. Owoade said the SARS who blamed themselves for shooting the boy took the deceased to a private hospital where he died a week later.

He also told the panel that since the incident occurred, the deceased mother had not been normal as a result of trauma suffered from the boy’s death.

Mr. Owoade’s counsel, Mr. Diekola Rufai later presented the Death Certificate of the deceased and other relevant document as exhibit, and it was admitted by the Panel.

In his prayer, he sought for relief through the panel for a sum of fifty Million Naira as Indemnity for what the family had lost during the time the deceased was in the hospital.

While closing his Cross Examination, Counsel to Oyo State Police Command, Matthew Ojeah called for adjournment in order to present witness when he opens his defense.

The panel however adjourned the matter to 14th of April 2021 for further hearing.

Sunday Ogunyemi

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Your Petition Is Not Within Our Jurisdiction; Oyo Panel On Police Brutality Tells Petitioner

By Web News 16 March 2021 923

Oyo State Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality has struck out a petition written by one Ayodele Oluwatoyin to retrieve his car auctioned by the Federal Road Safety Commission.

The Panel’s decision followed an oral application by legal Counsel to Federal Road Safety Commission Mr. Oluwatodimu Bamisaye Challenging the jurisdiction of the panel on the petition.

Mr. Bamisaye told the Panel that the subjects of the petition bothered on the administrative action of FRSC

Mr. Bamisaye explained that though the petitioner coined his case as infringement on his rights, the petition was challenging the authority of FRSC to auction the car.

He said the Panel lacked powers to probe constitutional responsibilities of FRSC being a federal government agency.

Responding to the application, Counsel to the Petitioner, Mr. J.B Olaoye described the application as a ploy to mislead the panel urging the panel to dismiss the application on the ground that it was not properly filed.

A member of the panel who read the panel’s ruling on the application, Professor Oluwole Akintayo said though the mandate of the panel was not limited to cases of police brutality, it was important for the panel not to over rate itself by assuming jurisdiction matter outside the area of its competence.

The Panel said the matter presented by the petitioner did not fall within the term of reference of the Panel and struck out the petition.

The panel therefore advised the petitioner to explore other means to seek redress.

Radio Nigeria reported that the petitioner approached the panel to retrieve his car Federal Road Safety Corps impounded and later auctioned months later.