{"id":77227,"date":"2020-12-08T21:26:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77227"},"modified":"2020-12-08T21:26:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:26:56","slug":"ex-sars-boss-james-nwafor-fails-to-honour-panel-sitting-in-anambra-we-cant-arrest-him-says-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/ex-sars-boss-james-nwafor-fails-to-honour-panel-sitting-in-anambra-we-cant-arrest-him-says-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-SARS boss, James Nwafor fails to honour panel sitting in Anambra; We can&#8217;t arrest him, says chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1685540240510088102\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nFormer SARS boss in Anambra state, CSP James Nwafor on Tuesday failed to honour the invitation of the state Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Killings.<\/p>\n<p>The Panel reacting to the failure has said that it has no powers to arrest those accused of brutality and extra-judicial killing, including Nwafor.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the panel, Justice Veronica Umeh said the mandate of the panel was to listen to petitions, investigate and recommend compensation for victims of police brutality.<\/p>\n<p>The panel had earlier written and invited the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, while also summoning ex-SARS boss in Anambra, CSP James Nwafor to appear before the panel on Tuesday, but both men failed to show up.<\/p>\n<p>Umeh spoke at the panel sitting when counsel to four petitioners, Abdul Mahmud complained that neither the Inspector-General of Police nor other police officers accused by petitioners appeared before the panel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our mandate is to listen to petitions, investigate and recommend compensation for victims of police brutality,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmud counsel to Obiora Akabuike had filed a petition against Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) for the extra-judicial killing of Ekene Akabuike, E. 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