The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has set up a panel to look into allegations of brutality raised against members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the now-defunct police unit.
According to reports that the Commission revealed a list of members of the probe panel on Friday, October 16 in Abuja.
The NHRC itself is an independent rights body set up by the National Human Rights Commission Act of 1995 which was amended in 2010.
The work of the Commission includes investigating and monitoring rights violations in the country as well as helping the Nigerian government with the formulation of human rights policies.
NHRC CONSTITUTES MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE PANEL (IIP) ON ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST SARS AND OTHER UNITS OF THE NIGERIA POLICE pic.twitter.com/9hwf7JIih4
— NHRC Nigeria (@NhrcNigeria) October 16, 2020
The NHRC panel announced on Friday will be headed by a retired Supreme Court justice Suleiman Galadima.
List of members: Abdulrahaman Yakubu, Yemi Ademolakun, Chioma Chuka, Prof. Ayo Atsenuwa, Tijani Mohammed, Dr. Uju Agomoh, DIG Ibrahim Lamorde, Dr. Garba Tetengi, Feyikemi Abudu, John Aikpokpo Martins, Hilary Ogbonna.
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According to the report, the people on the list will not only spearhead investigations into the complaints against former SARS officers, they would also recommend to the Nigerian government how best to reform the police unit and the Nigeria Police Force in general.
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