Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The Ekiti State Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up to investigate cases of violations of human rights by the police has ordered the prosecution of an erring police officer.

The panel sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday said the officer, an operative of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), Akinfolarin Festus, was involved in the killing of an 18-year-old person, Seun Awoyemi, in the state in 2014.

The directive of the panel is coming after the 70-year-old grandmother of the victim, Abigail Awoyemi, filed a petition alleging that SARS operatives came into her residence on March 13, 2014, in Ado-Ekiti, at about 12 noon and killed her grandson.

"Officers of SARS came into my house and dragged my grandson, Seun, ...