Lagos State Judicial Panel Of Inquiry, set up to address the issue of police brutality, has been suspended due to the absence of two youth representatives – Oluwarinu ‘Savvy Rinu’ Oduala and Temitope Majekodunmi.
Their absence may not be unconnected to the freezing of the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests in which one of them, Odulala is said to have been affected.
CBN obtained a court order for the move on Friday in pursuant to a motion ex parte filed by the apex bank on October 20, 2020 before Federal High Court in Abuja.
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The court order directed the affected banks to freeze all transactions on the accounts for a period of 180 days pending the outcome of an investigation currently being conducted by the CBN.
The absence of youth representatives has now forced the panel to adjourn sitting for a week.
Chairperson of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi (rtd.), said the panel would have to suspend Saturday sitting, as it could not form a quorum in the absence of the youth members of the panel.
She announced that the panel will reconvene on November 14 after major consultation with stakeholders.
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In the past few days, the Federal Government has come under heavy censure for allegedly going after vocal advocates of #EndSARS protests by freezing their accounts and placing them on travel ban.
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