#EndSARS: Ekiti Panel Recommends N1.5m Compensations for Six Petitioners

The Ekiti State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing into issues of
human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the police and other
allied matters in the state, has recommended aggregate payment of
N1.5 million as compensation to six petitioners, who brought their
cases before the panel.

The panel at its resumed sitting Wednesday and presided over by
the Chairman , Justice Cornileus Akintayo, took the decisions as
part of its resolutions to ameliorate the sufferings of the
victims.

In the case of Inspector Omokhua Benjamin, whose car was
vandalised when some hoodlums attacked Ikere police station during
the EndSARS protest, the panel recommended N400,000.00 as
compensation for him.

It also approved a sum of N50,000.00 for Omokhua’s personal
property that were destroyed at the Afao police station official
quarters, Ikere Ekiti.

The panel also recommended a compensation of N400,000 for
Inspector Yakubu Aminu, for his damaged Golf 3 car with
registration Number AG828KER which was burnt by the EndSARS
protesters.

In the case of Inspector Alabi Samuel, the panel recommended
that the complainant be compensated with a sum of N170,000, for his
stolen motorcycle put at N100,000 and other property valued at
N70,000.

Also, in the case of one Ojo Michael, the panel recommended that
he should be compensated with a sum of N242,00 instead of N5million
being requested to repair his vehicle vandalized on 20th October,
2020 on his way to his house at Afao, Kajola, Ikere Ekiti by
hoodlums during the ENDSARS protest.

Justice Akintayo also recommended a sum of N142,000 as
compensation to one Adekola Olawale, a cameraman to purchase his
damaged camera and medical bill , having been beaten by hoodlums
during the protest.

The Chairman ordered that a sum.of N130,000 be paid to Mr
Kolawole Adesina to repair his damaged vehicle.

The panel, however , recommended that “current particulars of
the vehicles and motorcycles should be made a condition precedent
for the payment of the recommended amounts.

“It is regrettable that the complainants were driving the
vehicles and motorcycles for four years without valid and current
vehicle particulars”.

The Ekiti State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing into issues of
human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the police and other
allied matters in the state, has recommended aggregate payment of
N1.5 million as compensation to six petitioners, who brought their
cases before the panel.

The panel at its resumed sitting Wednesday and presided over by
the Chairman , Justice Cornileus Akintayo, took the decisions as
part of its resolutions to ameliorate the sufferings of the
victims.

In the case of Inspector Omokhua Benjamin, whose car was
vandalised when some hoodlums attacked Ikere police station during
the EndSARS protest, the panel recommended N400,000.00 as
compensation for him.

It also approved a sum of N50,000.00 for Omokhua’s personal
property that were destroyed at the Afao police station official
quarters, Ikere Ekiti.

The panel also recommended a compensation of N400,000 for
Inspector Yakubu Aminu, for his damaged Golf 3 car with
registration Number AG828KER which was burnt by the EndSARS
protesters.

In the case of Inspector Alabi Samuel, the panel recommended
that the complainant be compensated with a sum of N170,000, for his
stolen motorcycle put at N100,000 and other property valued at
N70,000.

Also, in the case of one Ojo Michael, the panel recommended that
he should be compensated with a sum of N242,00 instead of N5million
being requested to repair his vehicle vandalized on 20th October,
2020 on his way to his house at Afao, Kajola, Ikere Ekiti by
hoodlums during the ENDSARS protest.

Justice Akintayo also recommended a sum of N142,000 as
compensation to one Adekola Olawale, a cameraman to purchase his
damaged camera and medical bill , having been beaten by hoodlums
during the protest.

The Chairman ordered that a sum.of N130,000 be paid to Mr
Kolawole Adesina to repair his damaged vehicle.

The panel, however , recommended that “current particulars of
the vehicles and motorcycles should be made a condition precedent
for the payment of the recommended amounts.

“It is regrettable that the complainants were driving the
vehicles and motorcycles for four years without valid and current
vehicle particulars”.