Femi Falana leads CSOs to IGP Disu, presents human rights concerns

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, connected Thursday led a delegation of salient Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, connected a sojourn to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, astatine the Force Headquarters successful Abuja.

During the meeting, the delegates, chiefly consisting of elder lawyers and starring quality rights activists successful Nigeria, raised important issues of interest affecting Nigerian society.

The delegation included Mr. Adesina Oke, Esq. from the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, NADL; Barr. Okeke Chinwike from the African Law Foundation, AFRILAW; Mr. Barbara S. Magaji from Amnesty International; Mr. Anietie Ewang from Human Rights Watch, HRW; Mr. Samson Itodo, Executive Director of Yiaga Africa; Mr. Bathsheba Taglia from CISLAC/Transparency International Nigeria; Mrs. Kemi Okenyodo, Executive Director of Partners West Africa-Nigeria, PWAN; and Dr. Itia Otabor from the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development, Centre LSD.

In his address, Falana congratulated IGP Disu connected his caller assignment and praised his imaginativeness of policing arsenic a ngo fundamentally anchored successful the extortion of quality rights.

He emphasized the necessity for strict adherence to the Nigeria Police Act 2020, peculiarly regarding provisions for household notification upon arrest, the rights of suspects to ineligible representation, and the prohibition of arrests for civilian wrong...