Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters today compensated Kolade Johnson and twelve other victims of police brutality with eighty-three million naira.
Late Kolade Johnson was one of the victims who got a posthumous compensation.
His mother was presented a cheque of ten million naira.
Johnson’s family had previously testified before the panel on how he was killed when he came home from South Africa to visit the family in 2019.
Johnson’s killing by a policeman triggered national outrage and a visit to the family by Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu.
He was watching a live football match between Liverpool and Tottenham when he was shot by a trigger-happy policeman identified as Olalekan.
The attack occurred during a raid of the TV centre by SARS officials.
Another victim who was compensated was Olajide Fowotade.
He was given two million naira after he was brutalised by a police officer.
Fowotade, asked for a three million naira compensation, when he testified.
He said in 2017, one sergeant Ayo of Ketu division physically assaulted him and knocked out two of his teeth.
Eleven other victims including the family of Jesica Adaobi, Oshidipe Sunday, Gloria Eze among others were compensated with varying sums.