#ENDSARS: Oyo creates platforms to report police brutality

To report cases of rights violation and brutality by the police, Oyo State government has created an email account and other social platforms on the state’s website for residents

Residents of the state can report incidence of police violations via the email address, reportpolice@mail.oyostate.gov. ng or through the link on the Oyo State website, https://oyostate. gov.ng/reportpolice/, where they can fill out a form.

The state government, in a statement on Sunday, said that plans were also afoot to set up a judicial panel to look into the various forms of abuses and violations being reported. It stated that names of members of the panel would be announced shortly.

According to the statement, the governor, Seyi Makinde, gave this directive at the weekend in line with his earlier stance that the genuine grievances of the #ENDSARS protesters, which bother on police brutality, must be addressed by the government.

The statement signed by the chief press secretary to the governor, Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the development also followed a directive to governors to set up judicial panels to probe incidences of police brutality in their states.

The government said the platform was domiciled in the office of the governor and aimed at demonstrating Governor Makinde’s determination to address the menace of police brutality, rights abuse and extortion, with a bird’s-eye view monitoring mechanism.