We Will Change Our Ways – Police DIG Promises Nigerians … As CP John Abang Cautions Policemen On Illegal Detention

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By UbongAbasi Ise

Given the incessant complaints of human rights abuse trailing the Nigerian Police Force, a Deputy Inspector General of Police, during the ongoing Human Rights Training Programme holding in Uyo, has promised the pubic that the Police Force will turn a new leaf in no distant time.
In his opening remark yesterday, DIG Sani Mohammed, the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Training and Development Department at the Force Headquaters in Abuja, who was represented by CP Aromeh Attabor, said the Police Force appreciates all the criticisms leveled against its members from the public, promising they will do something to improve the situation as soon as possible.
Mohammed said the police cannot just be doing things the same way for a long time, adding that change is the only direction to move forward. He pleaded with the public to exercise patience and give the Force a little time to make necessary adjustments.

Also speaking, the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, CP John Bassey Abang, through his representative, DC Chucks Enwonwu, reminded the security personnel that suspects have fundamental human rights that should be protected. He cautioned that detention of any suspect should not be longer than necessary.
“In the course of policing, we always expect that crime would be committed, and when you lead arrest, be sure that suspects are treated with all their entitlements; they have their fundamental human rights. And make sure that they are not detained longer than necessary.
“If it is a bailable offense, you grant them bail. That does not stop you from continuing your investigation. If it is non-bailable offense, you arraign them before the courts of competence jurisdiction,” he said.
The commissioner further reminded the members of the Nigerian Police Force of the democratic status of Nigeria, charging them to always follow the rule of law and go through due process, adding “we should respect rights of Nigerian and foreigners alike.”
Dr. Uju Agomoh, the Executive Director of Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, said the coordination team has already organized police training programme on human rights in the 14 states of the federation while Akwa Ibom is joining the list as the fifteenth State. She stated the need to raise a multi-sectorial team that could go to police stations for constructive engagements on matters concerning human rights.
A resource person at the training event, Barr. Ogechi Ogu of Olive Justice Initiative, while brainstorming on the basics of human rights, stressed that about 80% of inmates in the prison custody nationwide are from the poor class, and their offenses are socio-economically related. She called for the outright implementation of socio-economic and cultural rights of the citizenry.

©The Sensor Newspaper

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