No fewer than five states of the federation have failed to submit their reports to the Federal Government, more than one year after the National Economic Council directed states to set up Judicial Panels.
The Federal Government had directed states to investigate cases of alleged violations of human rights by the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police units.
Checkout Magazine learned that Oyo, Anambra, Taraba, Bauchi, Taraba, and Ogun states are yet to submit their
reports, even though most of them were among the first to set up their panels and the position of NEC that the panels should conclude sitting in six months unless there are genuine reasons for an extension.
Out of the 28 states that set the panels, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, and Rivers states have submitted their reports.
