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#EndSARS: Two Victims Of Police Brutality Receive N11m Compensation
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS has again given out cheques to more victims of police brutality.
At the panel’s sitting on Saturday, two victims were awarded the sum of N11 million as compensation.
With the new compensations, the panel has now given out a total sum of N68. 25 million to 12 petitioners.
In the petition of late Rasheed Olanrewaju Kareem, his widow was awarded the sum of N10m for the extra judicial killing.
The brother of the deceased, Olalekan Bankole, who testified on February 16, had said that the deceased was shot in the head by police officers from the Area C Command in Surulere.
The incident was said to have occurred on October 21, 2020 during the #EndSARS protests.
The panel found that the police authorities failed to investigate the unjustified shooting of unarmed persons at the Tejuosho and Aralile areas of Surulere in Lagos, as well as the extrajudicial killing of the deceased and other persons.
The Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi recommended that “the Nigeria Police Force carries out an independent investigation into the sporadic and deliberate shooting, in order to confirm who carried out the shooting” and prosecute them accordingly.
In the petition of Yinka Austin Adebayo, the panel awarded him the sum of N1 million naira as compensation for the unlawful arrest, brutality and torture meted on him by police operatives between September 28 and 30, 2017.
In reaching its decision, the panel found that on the totality of evidence adduced by the petitioner, the Petitioner’s evidence was undefended, strong and uncontroverted by the Police.
It was also corroborated by the evidence of the second witness as proof that Mr Austin’s rights were infringed upon unjustifiably, having being cleared by the DPO of the Ojo Police Command in Lagos of committing any crime, yet he was still transferred to the SARS unit at Ikeja.
The panel frowned at the illegal confiscation of his car and further held that he was entitled to compensation in the sum of N1m for the violation of his personal liberty and degrading treatment meted to him
May 15, 2021
Veteran actor, Ramsey Nouah, finally compensates lady who called him out for using her graphics work without pay on Living in Bondage
The lady who took to micro blogging platform, Twitter to call out veteran actor, Ramsey Nouah for using her graphics work without pay on his Blockbuster movie, “Living in Bondage” has finally been compensated.
The said lady took to the social media platform to claim that most of the graphics used were hers and she wasn’t paid as the former media manager of the set who hired her was fired.
According to her, the guy who hired her claimed he wasn’t paid either.
However, she has taken to same platform to give an update.
She revealed that the said former media manager who hired her was passing her works as his to the team, and they knew nothing about her. She also added that she has been compensated accordingly.
She wrote:
“UPDATE Twitter, I made that thread not to indict anybody but to sensitize about the issue and I am grateful that everyone was supportive to me. I didn’t have a direct contact to Ramsey or the crew that is why I used social media. You can see I even tagged the wrong handle.”
“Thank you so much to everyone who have helped me with this. Thank you @HenshawKate I really don’t know everyone’s handles but I am utterly grateful.”
“For those who do not know that I made an update on a new tweet. I have been contacted and compensated. I really wanna thank everyone of you for your Retweets and support. Thanks a lot.”
June 18, 2020
Land owners protest over inadequate compensation in Nasarawa
The residents of Akurba Village in Nasarawa State have staged a peaceful protest over purported inadequate compensation for their lands taken by the state government for the on 330 KVA Step Down Electricity Substation Project.
Speaking to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia, Mr Yasir Arafat, spokesperson of more than 300 protesters, noted that they were not against the project on their lands but the compensation paid to them was grossly inadequate.
He said that though the project would help them and the state at large, but wondered why some of them were given as low as N8,000 for their land that was taken over.
“Farming is our only source of livelihood and now that our source of livelihood is taken over, we need something reasonable to enable us start-up another business.
“What can N8, 000 do for us to provide for the needs of the family amidst the present economic condition,” Arafat added.
He, therefore, called on the Federal and State Governments to come to their aid to prevent them from being expose to hardship.
Similarly, Baba Badamasi, a community leader in the area, appealed to Gov. Abdullahi Sule to intervene in the matter to ensure justice was serve to them.
He explained that some of them are making up to N1 million every year from their economic trees, but were given an amount that cannot sustain them and their families as compensation.
He, therefore, appealed to the government to look into the issue again with the view to addressing it in the interest of the overall development of the state.
When contacted, Mr Salihu Alizaga, Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, said that the assessment for the payments of the compensation was done during the last administration in the state.
“The assessment was done by the last administration before we came into office, so we paid the compensation base on the records of the assessment that was carried out,” the Commissioner added.
Alizaga, therefore, urged people whose lands were affected by the electricity protect to remain calm and not to take the laws into their hands.
The ongoing 330 KVA Step down Electricity Substation Project is being executed by the federal government with the state government providing the land which covers over sixty hectares. (NAN).
January 20, 2020