The
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has granted an approval for the
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to audit the detention cells in all
police commands and formations including those of the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad (SARS).
The
exercise, according to the Head, Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU),
Abayomi Shogunle, would take the NHCR to all detention cells across the
country.
Shogunle, who made the disclosure in a
statement in Abuja, said the audit would enable the NHRC oversee the human
rights situation of detainees as well as undertake general audit of the state
of police detention facilities (cells).
According to
him, “this exercise is part of the NHRC 2018 audit of police detention centres
in Nigeria. The NHRC had urged the Federal Government to review the pre-trial
detention system, alleging excessive use of force and abuse of the practice in
Nigeria.
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