#EndSARS: PETITIONERS DEMAND N50M AS COMPENSATION FROM POLICE, ASK FG TO SCRAP SWAT
Petitioners on Friday, November 6, demanded the sum of N50 million from the police as compensation for alleged torture, unlawful detention and imprisonment.
They made the demand during a sitting of the Independent Investigative panel on human rights violation by the now disbanded police unit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other Police units held in Abuja.
During the sitting, two cases were presented before the panel.
The first was a case from Tony Duchi and seven others, who accused the Police of torture, unlawful detention and imprisonment based on ethnic origin.
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Samuel Yusuf, counsel to the petitioners, presented the demand of N50 million as compensation for all the torture his clients went through in the hands of SARS.
In addition, they also asked for the scrapping of the new Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team, which is to replace SARS because they believe it is not different.
The respondents, (Inspector Cornelius Agbo of SARS FCT, IGP) were, however, absent.
The Head of the panel, Justice Silverman Galadima said the proceedings would be recorded and sent to the Police as a reminder for them to appear before the panel at the next sitting scheduled for November 19.
The other complaint, Gabriel Ufuoma, accused the police of denial of access to justice and confiscation of property.
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Counsel to Ufuoma, Emmanuel Adedeji, alleged that his client bought a plot of land in 2011, in Abuja, and when he was ready to resell, someone else laid claim to it.
According to him, the police, laid ambush on the victim outside the court room and seized the documents forcefully.
Ufuoma urged the court to order the police to release the title documents of plot 104, Lugbe, Abuja at the next sitting.
The presiding justice ordered the police to bring the original documents on November 18 for further hearing.
Members of the panel resolved to visit all police detention sites across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
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