‘Why Lagos is enacting Victims Right Law’
As part of activities commemorating the first anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo , has given the scorecard of his ministry in the last one year,AGOS State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo has said the state would enact a Victims Right Law to enable victims of crimes, including those of gunshot, to receive urgent medical attention.
He said once the law was in place, it would become an offence for hospitals to reject victims because of police report. “Others are the Administration of Civil Justice Law to develop and articulate a civil justice system and Animal Law to address the issue of domestication of wild animals in the state,” Onigbanjo said.
He said the CMC, charged with providing free legal services to residents, received 39,586 cases for mediation in the last one year, of which 30,017 were mediated and amicably resolved. “The DPP equally filed charge of involuntary manslaughter against a Truck Driver on BRT corridor at Ikorodu; charged a Police Officer for Murder of one Kolade Johnson; prosecuted the case of Danish citizen who allegedly murdered his wife and daughter; and murder of wife of Maersk MD, among other cases,” Onigbanjo said.
He added that the State Office of the Public Defender saddled with the responsibility of providing legal aid and other related functions to the masses, especially the less-privileged and the vulnerable, received 427 petitions and 690 criminal cases in the last one year.
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