The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, has found 72 police officers culpable, even as it okayed 28 of them for prosecution.
While the panel, which was led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Suleiman Galadima, recommended the dismissal of 25 officers, it asked the Federal Government to initiate various degrees of disciplinary action against 15 others.
Submitting the final report to the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, for implementation, Justice Galadima, recalled that the panel was inaugurated on October the 21st, 2020, shortly after youths across the federation protested against rights violations by the defunct SARS.