Crime
ENDSARS witness at Lagos panel dealt machete blows; pictures disturbing, says Adegboruwa
Clarion Kamisiyochukwu Ibe, a witness at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has been attacked with machetes.
Secretary to the panel and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa alleged on Monday.
He further alleged government lawyers have incited public opinions against him in the media.
Adegboruwa, who is also a columnist with the Tribune, alleged attempts on his life.
In a statement on Monday, he said, ‘Nigerians should hold government responsible if anything happens to me.”
Since the report of the commission’s findings was leaked last Monday, there have been divided opinions on the credibility of the report.
Many have found loopholes and deliberate misrepresentation of evidence, including awarding N10 million as compensation to a witness who was not a petitioner.
Gov Babjide Sanwo-Olu set up a four-man committee to examine the report within two weeks and “bring forward the white paper that would be considered at the Lagos State executive council and presented as the white paper coming from the panel of inquiry.”
Adegboruwa said the governor considered him worthy of the cause, and he nominated 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.
“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 government responsible should anything happen to me.”
According to him, Ibe was attacked Sunday night, and dealt serious machete blow, and dealt serous 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 believe 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,” he said.