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#EndSARS Report: Adegboruwa cries out, says govt is threatening his life
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa who was a member of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Enquiry on Police Brutality has raised an alarm that some agents of the government have threatened his life over the release of the EndSARS report by the panel.
Adegboruwa made the allegation in a statement on Monday.
“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.
The report was submitted to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on November 15.
Following the submission of the report, a committee was set up to draft a white paper which will be released next week.
Although the report was not made public, a leaked version revealed that the Nigerian Army and the Lagos state government were directly involved in the killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki Toll Gate and a subsequent cover-up.
It is not yet clear how the report was leaked.
Chronicle NG recalls that Adegboruwa had made similar allegations last week.
In his statement on Monday, Mr Adegboruwa said that the Federal Government of Nigeria should be held responsible if anything should happen 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 the 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.”
