The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has kicked against the appointment of former Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase as chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). The rights organisation in a statement issued on Wednesday said Arase's appointment was not based on merit but as a reward for the 2015/2016 massacre of 250 unarmed Southeasterners as IGP for President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
Intersociety Knocks Arase’s Appointment As Police Service Commission Chairman, Says It’s Reward For Killings In Southeast By Buhari GovernmentThe rights organisation in a statement issued on Wednesday said Arase's appointment was not based on merit but as a reward.
In the statement signed by the principal officers - Emeka Umeagbalasi, Obianuju Igboeli and Chidinma Udegbunam, Intersociety regretted that appointments into Nigeria’s federal public institutions are done without recourse to the country’s democratic and cultural pluralism and moral ethics. "It is needless to reveal what he might have gone through internationally or regionally following his dark days as Nigeria’s IGP. As IGP, he supervised and vicariously masterminded several mass killings of unarmed and defenseless Easterners including street protesters, passersby, night vigil attendants, etc.
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