By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim “I am pleased to announce to you that whatever has a beginning has an end, I think today should be the end of our sitting. I came, I saw and I conquered. Let’s not say it’s a good end but a beautiful end. The panel has been one of
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim As the life of the Cross River State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitutions winds down, cracks are beginning to emerge between members over what some say is poor remuneration. The panel last sat 43 days ago on March 4, 2021 when two petitions were struck
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim Proceedings of the Cross River State prob panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitution, was today (Monday 21, December 2020) was truncated over prolonged argument over what the panel called “emotional sentiments”. The disagreement ensued between the panel members and the Police when the first matter out of
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim The issue of jurisdiction has popped up again in the ongoing panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitution sitting in Cross River State. The Police led by DSP Tehemba Dennis, had questioned the jurisdiction of the probe panel in the November 19, 2020 sitting which resulted to heated
By Ushang Ewa Iso Bassey, a Cross Riverian based in the United Kingdom, has written a Member of Parliament, Jackie Doyle-Price representing Thurrock to lend her voice in the debate by the parliament on allegations of the brutality by law enforcement agencies in Nigeria during the #EndSARS protests in October. Mr. Bassey in his letter
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim The Cross River State prob panel into Police Brutality and Restitution will resume sitting this morning (Wednesday) December 2, 2020. The panel which began sitting November 11, 2020, has adjourned not less than four times based on the Police (Federal Government) prayers. The panel is headed by Retired Justice
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim The sitting of the Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitution in Cross River State after adjourning to 26 November, 2020, to allow the Federal Government (Police) respond to 54 petitions at once, has been shifted. When journalists arrived the venue, State Ministry of Justice, Calabar they were
By Patrick Obia Former Deputy Governorship candidate in the 2019 Cross River State Gubernatorial election under Social Democratic Party (SDP), Engr. Wofai Ewa, has joined host of others to condemn the October 23 and 24 arson in the State, pledges support in the rebuilding process. Wofai in a statement made available to our newsroom, said