Lagos courts have been prompted by the state's Attorney-General and Justice Commissioner Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to quickly free 253 people...
captured by the police in association with the #EndSARS protest.
In an assertion delivered by the Director of Public Affairs in the Ministry of Justice, Kayode Oyekanmi, Onigbanjo said the state's Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) had evaluated the impermanent charges recorded against the suspects by the police and found no by all appearances proof that they carried out any wrongdoing.
The Attorney-General likewise uncovered that the police sent 40 case documents on 361 people captured regarding the #EndSARS fights to the DPP for Legal Advice between November 4 and 5, 2020.
It was further discovered that the Director of Public Prosecutions will indict 92 people for various offenses going from pyromania, taking, breaking into structures, equipped burglary and murder
Onigbanjo said;
“Legal advice has been issued in respect of all the 40 case files received, and as at November 6, 2020, the directorate has been able to dispatch Legal Advice in respect of 81 persons that are being charged to the various courts, while others will be dispatched to court on Monday, November 9, 2020.
“Of the 361 persons, the Director of Public Prosecutions shall be prosecuting 92 persons for different offences, ranging from arson, stealing, breaking into buildings, armed robbery and murder, while the office has advised that 253 persons be released forthwith for non-disclosure of a prima facie case.
“In the meantime, two case files in respect of 16 persons have been advised for further investigation by the Police."
