IGP’S APPEAL OF ABUJA RAIDS CASES: WOMEN’S RIGHTS UNDER SIEGE
Sterling Law Centre Media Advisory 12/5/2022 – for immediate release Introduction On Wednesday 4th May 2022, the Inspector General of Police and another Police Officer filed an Appeal against the judgement of the Federal High Court prohibiting the indiscriminate arrest…
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Group seeks Internal Monitoring Team to Reduce Police Torture
Sterling Centre for Law and Development (SCLD) has stressed the need for the Nigeria Police to step up its internal monitoring activities to reduce and eliminate torture of suspects for confessions or punishment for detainees.
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FG Urged to Set up Mechanisms to Checkmate Police Brutality
A group, Sterling Centre for Law and Development, has tasked the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, implement the Anti-torture Act to curtail the increasing and continued use of force by members of the security and law enforcement…
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Sterling Centre for Law Protests against Police Torture
The Sterling Centre for Law and Development has staged a street walk in Abuja to protest against the torture of suspects and detainees by the police.
Read moreIGP warns policemen against unnecessary detention of suspects
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr Solomon Arase, has cautioned policemen against unnecessary detention of suspects. Arase gave the warning on Wednesday while addressing officers and men of the Gombe Police Command. Arase said suspects should not be detained without…
Read moreHUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES: Lagos CP audits SARS, other police cells
The Lagos State Police Command has begun an audit of different cells at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with a view to check human rights abuses. The audit is not unconnected with the reports received by the Inspector-General of Police,…
Read moreConcerns over holding charge in #Nigeria
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Read more‘Buhari, govs lack power to slash own salaries’ -Prof Odinkalu @chairmanNHRC
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Read moreTambuwal orders probe of death of suspect in NSCDC custody
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Read moreWant to Stop Police Violence? Establish an Independent Investigative Institution
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