The Lagos State Judicial Panel on #EndSARS has recommended disciplinary actions against Lt. Col S.O. Bello and Major General Godwin Umelo for refusing to honor the summons of the panel in order to frustrate the investigation.
This was part of the recommendations in the report by the panel of inquiry on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters.
The panel also recommended that all officers (excluding Major General Omata) and men of the Nigerian Army that were deployed in the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020 should be made to face appropriate disciplinary actions, stripped of their status, and dismissed as they were not fit and proper to serve in any public or security service of the nation.
The Panel also recommended that all those arrested in the course of the protest should be granted bail, prosecuted for any offence that might be alleged against them or where no prima facie evidence of culpability was disclosed upon due investigation, they should be released forthwith.
The panel further recommended that the Nigeria Army be discouraged from intervening in internal security.
The Panel found that the use of social media played significant roles in escalating the crises and appealed for restraint in spreading unverified pieces of information to the public.
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