A Lagos-based lawyer, Akeem Fadun, has said the N10 million awarded by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Friday for victims of police brutality was far less than what they demanded.
The petitioners, Adebayo Abayomi and Hannah Olugbodi, were compensated with N10m each for the loss and disability they suffered as a result of misuse of firearms by officers of the Nigeria Police Force.
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Fadun, counsel to Hannah Olugbodi, 35, said yesterday that they demanded a substantial compensation but have no choice but to accept the N10m. The panel also awarded scholarship to the victims’ children.
Mrs Olugbodi narrated how her left leg was shattered by a stray bullet from officers of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on June 6, 2018 while operatives were chasing a suspected internet fraudster at Ijesha, Lagos.
On the other hand, Abayomi had approached the panel over the death of his mother, Kudirat Abayomi, who was the breadwinner of the family.
He told the panel that his mother’s corpse was left on the ground at the mortuary after she was hit by a stray bullet from police officers. The incident happened on April 4, 2017, at the Onipanu area.
