An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq., has called on the Nigeria Police Force and Oyo State Government to exercise caution following the recovery of guns and live ammunition from the residence of the chairman of the Park Management System in the state, Lamidi Mukaila, popularly called Auxiliary. The constitutional lawyer, who commended the effort of the police for purging Nigerian communities of thuggery, criminality and unlawful possession of firearms, described the events that led to the incident as political vendetta.
Arms Recovery: Makinde’s Government Empowered Former Oyo Parks Chairman, ‘Auxiliary’ But Now Hounds Him, Lawyer Calls For Thorough Probe Of IncidentAn Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq., has called on the Nigeria Police Force and Oyo State Government to exercise caution following the recovery of guns and live ammunition from the residence of the chairman of the Park Management System in the state, Lamidi Mukaila, popularly called Auxiliary.
Though he commended the police for the discovery and cautioned the force not to allow itself to be used as a tool for the political class to settle grudges."True justice must swing both ways in determining the underlying social and political angles of such matters with the objective being to spare no sacred cows and create a precedent to deter political actors immersed in such schemes.
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