The Police Service Commission (PSC) has pledged to investigate
misconduct by operatives contained in the report of the Action Group on Free
Civic Space in Nigeria.
The
group, led by Zikora Ibe, presented the report titled ‘ENDSARS: Police
Brutality, Protests and Shrinking Civic Space in Nigeria’ to the PSC in Abuja.
Receiving
the delegation, Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, the Commissioner representing the
Judiciary, said further investigation will be carried out on serious
allegations in the report.
The
retired Justice of the Supreme Court assured that the commission will continue
to improve the workings of the Police to conform with democratic tenets.
In
her remarks, Ibe, who was accompanied by Okechukwu Nwanguma and Kingsley
Godwin, demanded that all indicted officers of the disbanded SARS be
prosecuted.
She
urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to ensure all individuals
identified by victims are brought to justice for their various roles in
brutality.
Ibe
called for a probe of alleged black-market trade of bodies of victims murdered
by SARS operatives to University Teaching Hospitals as cadavers for the
learning and practice.
The
group further demanded that the capacity of the PSC, NHRC, Complaints Response
Unit (CRU) and Ministry of Police Affairs to enforce discipline among personnel
be strengthened.
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