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Call Your Agents Attacking #EndSARS Panel Members To Order – Adegboruwa Tells Lagos Governor

November 18, 2021

It was learnt that they have become the subject of vicious attacks by those suspected to be agents of the government.

Members of the Lagos State EndSARS Panel who recently submitted their report to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have reportedly come under attack.
It was learnt that they have become the subject of vicious attacks by those suspected to be agents of the government.

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This was revealed by a member of the panel, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN on Thursday in Lagos State who appealed to the governor to “call all agents of state to order.”
According to him, “All manner of allegations have been heaped upon panel members, some of whom have been called unprintable names.”
The lawyer and activist explained that no member of the panel lobbied to be appointed into the panel.
In a statement, he said, “As a matter of fact, in my own case, His Excellency, the Governor of Lagos State, appealed to me to accept my appointment, which I saw as a call to national service.
“The primary reason the Governor gave to me then was that he wanted men and women of integrity, independent and not subject to manipulation, to be on the panel. Just today, my attention has been drawn to an interview by a senior counsel to the Lagos State Government, to the effect that panel members collected bribes in the course of the assignment.
“It is unfair, ungodly and least expected of the government and its lawyers. The Lagos State Government asked for two weeks to enable it to release a White Paper on the report submitted to it by the Panel.
“And we have been waiting, but it would seem that the Lagos State Government has now unleashed mindless propaganda upon panel members whilst at the same time asking for restraint from the general public.
“I have in my custody, certified true copies of all proceedings of the panel and all exhibits tendered before the panel in respect of the Lekki Toll Gate Investigation. I urge the government to call its agents and lawyers to order so as not to provoke aggravated responses.
“It is unfair to seek to denigrate peoples’ hard-earned reputation on account only that they accepted to render selfless service at the behest of government. If the government and its agents are not restrained from attacking others, nothing stops us from defending our integrity.
“I therefore appeal to His Excellency the Governor of Lagos State to call all agents of state to order and to keep to his promise to us to release a White Paper within two weeks and to send the unedited report of the Panel, to the National Economic Council.”
The Lagos judicial panel on police brutality had submitted its report to the governor on Monday.
The Lagos government on October 19, 2020 inaugurated the judicial panel to investigate petitions on police brutality in the state as part of recommendations put forward during the #EndSARS protests.
The Doris Okuwobi-led panel during the sitting awarded more petitioners the sum of N148.2million naira as compensations for various brutalities they suffered in the hands of police officers including illegal killings of their loved ones, harassments and arrests.

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