Sanwo-Olu Orders The Payment Of N5million To Uber Driver Assaulted During #EndSARS Memorial
Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the payment of N5 million to an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, who was manhandled on October 20, 2021, during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in the state.
The governor in a statement on Saturday made it known that he had “directed the Honorable Attorney General to set up a meeting and pay him the compensation awarded by the court.”
The Federal High Court in Suit No FHC/L/CS/ 1862/2021, filed by Adedotun’s counsel, had on the 14th of March 2023, delivered judgment against Lagos State Neighborhood Agency, Lagos State government, the Attorney-General, Lagos State and Nigeria Police, directing that a sum of N5million be paid to him as compensation.
Adedotun, according to his lawyer, was carrying a passenger to Lagos Mainland when he encountered a gridlock at the Lekki Toll-Gate during a protest to commemorate the first anniversary of #EndSARS. “He was tortured and pepper-sprayed by officers of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency and policemen.”
