The Nigerian Bar Association has warned that the emergency brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic must not be a cover for security personnel to violate citizens’ rights.
It called for “more drastic sanctions to be meted to officers” who trample on citizens’ rights with impunity.
Responding, Edun noted that the NBA had “reported cases of rights abuse from different parts of the country by security personnel.” The National Human Rights Commission had in its preliminary report released on April 14 that 18 persons were extra-judicially murdered during the initial lockdown period, which commenced on March 30 and ended on April 13, 2020.The NBA toldon Wednesday, “Recently there was the case of a legal practitioner with special needs who was assaulted by policemen in Abuja while he was distributing foodstuff to the needy.
“We have seen incidents of policemen flogging or frog-jumping Nigerians for violations of the lockdown. The stories are not different from other parts of the country.”
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