Under Buhari's Watch: Hopes of Reform of the Nigerian Police is Dashed as the IGP Rejects Amnest
- SitiTalkBlog
- Sep 28, 2016
- 1 min read
Photo Credit: Vanguard Nigeria
In the Report, “IGP says Nigerian Police not involved in right violation, torture of suspects”, Vanguard Nigeria notes that “Inspector General of Police, IGP, Idris Ibrahim has reacted to a statement credited to Amnesty International that men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, use extreme torture to obtain bribe from arrested suspects.
“Our research has uncovered a pattern of ruthless human rights violations where victims are arrested and tortured until they either make a ‘confession’ or pay officers a bribe to be released,” Amnesty International had said.
The IGP, however, in an interview with Al-Jazeera on Thursday, says the Nigeria Police has never been involved in torture.”
The IGP’s assertion is a blatant untruth considering overwhelming documented evidence of human rights violations by Nigerian Police which include: unlawful arrests, abuse and brutality, extrajudicial killings and other heinous crimes, as well as deep seated bribery and corruption and other criminal activities.
Clearly, a government in deliberate denial under former dictator and current President, Rtd, General Muhammadu Buhari, cannot initiate and implement any positive reform of the Nigerian Police.
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