. . . Witness who testified before Panel dealt serious machete blows

A senior lawyer and member of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Enquiry on Police Brutality on Monday said he had been subjected to threats and attacks after the panel submitted its report.

Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, had made similar claims last week.

“Since the submission of the report of the Lagos #EndSARS Panel, there have been lots of threats and attacks, by those suspected to be agents of the government, upon me, especially in the media,” he said in a statement.

The panel submitted its report on November 15, although the state government is yet to make its contents public with a White Paper expected next week.

However, a leaked version of the report indicted the Nigerian Army and the Lagos state government in the killing of unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate and a subsequent cover-up.

It is not yet clear how the report was leaked.

‘Mindless accusations’

In his statement on Monday, Mr. Adegboruwa said Nigerians should hold the government responsible if anything happens to him.

“I have not committed any crime beyond joining other eminent Nigerians with unblemished integrity, to accept the nomination of government on behalf of my constituency, the Nigerian Bar Association, and the civil society and the indeed the masses of our people, for a national assignment,” he said.

“Two prominent lawyers of the government have openly incited opinions against me on national television, with mindless accusations. I have however refused to be intimidated or bend to the tactics of government to be silenced.

“I urge the good people of Nigeria, my professional colleagues in the Nigerian Bar Association, my comrades in the civil rights movement, and the people of Nigeria, to hold government responsible should anything happen to me.

“Just last night, one of the prominent EndSARS protesters who testified before the Panel, Miss Kamsiyochukwu Ibe, was attacked and dealt serious machete blows, in what was clearly an attempted murder, as reported by her counsel, with very disturbing photos.

“I heeded the clarion call to serve by the government with the honest belief that the Panel was meant to say the truth and nothing but the truth, which is what we have done. It is left for government and Nigerians to do the needful with the report of the Panel.” (Channels TV)

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