
The Osun State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing cases of police brutality,says all the 34 petitions brought before it had been concluded.
Of the 34 petitions, 11 were struck out for being incompetent or for lack of diligent prosecution, while in the 23 others, the parties were called to defend their positions,the chairman of the panel,Justice Akin Oladimeji, (retd.), told newsmen after the panel’s sitting.
Oladimeji said, “We have concluded all the cases before us. As you know, 34 petitions were filed before the panel. We are winding up today to go and review the pieces of evidence and the submissions made by counsel; after that we will proceed to make recommendations to the government.
“Out of the 34 petitions, 11 were struck out due to incompetence or lack of diligent prosecution. In the other 23 cases, parties gave evidence and counsel represented the parties too. Their lawyers made final submissions and we have concluded all the cases.
“We will invite the petitioners after we have presented our recommendations to the government who is solely responsible for the payment of the compensations to give them their compensations. As we all know, the recommendations must be in line with the financial capacity of the government, and I can assure you that we are going to make our recommendations to the governor before the end of April or early May.”