Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 7-member Judicial Panel to investigate SARS brutality

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday swore-in a 7-member Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution into SARS Abuses at the State House, Marina, Lagos.

The panel is to investigate cases of brutality and human rights violations committed by operatives of the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in the State.

The panel is headed by retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, it will sit for six months with the mandate to thoroughly investigate all verifiable claims of abuses and fatalities arising from SARS engagement in the State, with the objective to bring erring officers to justice and get compensation for the victims.