No fewer than 23 police officers accused of human rights violations and brutality against Nigerians are currently standing trial in Lagos.
The accused officers’ charges range from murder, manslaughter, maiming of citizens, and inflicting of grievous bodily harm to their victims.
With these men on trial, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said Friday that the government has begun restoring public confidence in the system and “rebuilding Lagos, and ending police brutality” in the state.
Sanwo-Olu tweeted via his verified Twitter Handle that the prosecutions were to “show our commitment” to the fight against violation of human rights in the state.
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Sanwo-Olu said on Twitter: “Today seems like a good day to get on to the work of rebuilding Lagos and ending police brutality.
To show our commitment to the latter, here is a list of ongoing prosecution of police officers for offences related to the violation of human rights in Lagos.”
Speaking also on the matter, the state commissioner for justice and attorney-general, Moyosore Onigbanjo, asked the public to “keep track of our on-going diligent prosecution of these matters in the overall public interest.”
See list of officers currently facing prosecutions below:
