Nigeria, Sept. 3 -- The family of Fatai Ogunseye, a 28-year-old cleric who was allegedly shot by the police at the Ikotun area has approached the Lagos Judicial Panel for compensation and trial of the trigger-happy officer.

The elder brother of the deceased, Rasheed Ogunseye, appeared before the panel on Friday representing the family.

In an affidavit deposed to the panel by the family, they decried the "extra-judicial, reckless and gruesome killing" of the late Mr Ogunseye by one Charles Okoro, a police inspector on May 20, 2020.

The elder brother said Mr Ogunseye, popularly called Ayenafe, a Muslim cleric and musician, went to Obabiyi Bus Stop, Ikotun, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, to buy food for himself and his famil...