IIP-SARS holds hearings without Police legal team

The Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Human Rights Violations by the Defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other Units of the Nigeria Police (IIP-SARS) on Thursday expressed dismay over the absence of the Nigeria Police legal team before the Panel sitting in Abuja. The panel was set up by the Federal Government in November 2020, following the #EndSARS Protest which was triggered by nationwide allegations of police brutality. The Secretary of the Abuja Panel who also doubled as the Human Rights Adviser to the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights…