The government was compelled to raise the committee after a recent clash between the factions led to the death of dozens of innocent persons.
Other members of the panel are: Lekan Owolabi (former secretary of the Ibadan branch of Nigeria Bar Association), Tunji Alawaye (broadcaster), Doyin Odebowale (lawyer and University of Ibadan lecturer) and Lere Omotosho (principal administrative officer and secretary of the Commission).
The governor, in his speech during the inauguration, told the panel that members were able to make the list because of their credentials of integrity. He urged them to ensure that they do not act contrary to the confidence reposed in them.
The panel’s terms of reference include: investigation of the immediate and remote causes of the violent clashes; identification of individuals and groups that precipitated/ participated in the crisis and recommend appropriate sanctions to be imposed; ascertain the number of persons killed or who sustained injuries during the crisis; identification of the spread and extent of loss and damage to means of livelihood, as well as personal and or public properties and investigation of the sources of weapons used in the unrest and recommendation of measures to stem the illegal flow of such weapons in the state. The panel is also expected to make appropriate recommendations on how to prevent recurrence of such crisis in the future; recommendation of appropriate remedies to victims of the crisis and examination of any other matter incidental or relevant to the crisis.
Among the victims of the last clash was the National President of the Nigerian Medical Students, Bala Usman Shanono, a 500-Level medical student of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria who was caught, along with others travellers, in the crossfire while waiting for night buses to their destinations.
Source: http:///oyo-inaugurates-panel-to-investigate-drivers-union-crisis/
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