‘Even if you are press, come and press us too. We need pressing. Police are human beings too, find us something to hold body.' NigeriaPolice Extortion Corruption Covid19
• We arrested 2,310 lockdown violators, impounded 2,092 vehiclesAs residents of Lagos State officially make a debut to the streets today after a five-week lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic, some residents of Lagos and Abuja, the Federal Capital City, have said that police extortion and harassment was their greatest nightmare during the period, just as they expressed fears that all eyes should be on the security agents during the period of the curfew, between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Ndubuisi Isichei, a journalist, said: “Despite introducing myself as a journalist along Oworonshoki expressway, Lagos, I was asked to park my car. One of the policemen said: ‘Even if you are press, come and press us too. We need pressing. Police are human beings too, find us something to hold body.’ I was made to part with some money before I was allowed to go.”
“It was later she came down from the car and asked me to open the car boot for her to check if there were food items as I acclaimed before she released my ID to me and told me to go. At the same junction others who were coming from the market were also harassed. While those who know their right where let off the hook, others were made to drop money before they were allowed to go.”
The United Nations human rights chief had last week warned that countries flouting the rule of law in the name of fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic risk sparking a “human rights disaster”. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called on countries to refrain from violating fundamental rights “under the guise of exceptional or emergency measures”.
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