As a demonstration of its commitment to give fair hearing to all petitioners regardless of tribe, creed, religion and sex, the Ogun State Judicial Panel of Investigation sitting at the Magistrate Court 1, Isabo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital has granted audience to two unlettered petitioners who appeared before it.
The petitioners, Messrs Awwal Musa and Musa Adamu Abati who are Hausa pepper sellers at the Olomore Market in Abeokuta could not speak or read the English language but were encouraged by the Panel to present their case with the assistance of an interpreter.
The duo had in their petition alleged that ASP Samuel Ayebo, Inspector Ojo Aderemi and Sergeant Abayomi Egbetokun assaulted them, with one of the police officers firing shots at them on 20th February, 2020 while doing their lawful businesses.
According to the petitioners, Musa was shot twice, the first bullet hit his thigh and the second severed one of his toes, while a bullet hit Adamu on the side of his head drenching him in blood.
They requested government to pay each of them a sum of five million naira, to offset the medical bills incurred since the incident occurred and also to get them back to business.
The petition was thereafter adjourned to 26th January, 2021 for further hearings, cross examinations as well as to hear from the respondents.
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