Nigeria, Aug. 10 -- A petitioner at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on SARS abuses and other related matters has narrated how police officers attached to the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) brutalised her and a pregnant woman.

The petitioner, Stella Edegwa, appeared before the panel on Tuesday in the company of the first petitioner, Adeola Mukaila, who was allegedly brutalised during pregnancy.

In a joint petition before the panel, the petitioners deposed to an affidavit narrating their encounter with officers of the defunct SARS.

According to Mrs Edegwa, herself and the second petitioner were meted with "barbaric, brutal and ruthless assault" by three police officers who they identified by their nicknames: Ade, Tom...