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The independent investigative panel on violations of rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units set up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Wednesday, ordered the police to release the body of a victim of an alleged extrajudicial killing to her family for burial.
The chairman of the panel, Justice Suleiman Galadima (retd), gave the order after the Chief Pathologist of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, Abuja, Dr Ahmed Abimiku, testifying on the autopsy report on the cause of death of the woman, Ifeoma Abugu Stella.
The family of the deceased had petitioned the panel, in the petition, marked 2020/IIP-SARS/ABJ/82, alleging the extrajudicial killing of Stella, inhuman and degrading treatment against DSP Melai Isaac, Inspector Enlemali Agbede and Sergeant Ezekiel Agbede, the officer in charge of FCT SARS, the FCT Commissioner of Police and the Inspector-General of Police.
Daily Post Nigeria
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel has ordered the police to release the corpse of Ms Ifeoma Abugu, who was allegedly murdered by operatives of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Abuja.
Recall that Abugu a graduate of the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu State was arrested on September 10 when SARS operatives stormed the residence of her fiancé, Adam Ugwunwa, in Wumba village, Lokogoma.
Unfortunately, Abugu who recently concluded her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) died the next day in police custody.
Following the development, an NHRC panel was set up to investigate the alleged violations of rights by SARS and other police units.