Nigeria, June 18 -- The judicial panel of inquiry set up to probe various acts of police brutality and human rights abuses in Imo State has recommended about N770 million to be paid to victims as compensations.

The panel's chairman, Florence Duroha-Igwe, a retired judge of the state High Court, said this in a statement announcing the submission of the panel's final report submitted to the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Wednesday.

Citing the report, Ms Duroba-Igwe said the total N770,985,800 was recommended by the panel to be paid as compensation by the government.

She added that N39.1 million is to be refunded by individual policemen.

Mrs Duroha-Igwe's comment about the findings of the panel indicated that the problem of police bru...