The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerian youths that the National Assembly will ensure that victims of police brutality will get justice.
“I want to seize this opportunity to re-assure our youths that the National Assembly will collaborate with the Executive to ensure justice for victims of misconduct and rights abuses by personnel of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police.
“In the same vein, to discourage impunity, we will insist that the perpetrators of the alleged abuses be prosecuted and sanctioned as appropriate,” Senator Lawan said in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
He also assured Nigerian youths that the National Assembly will work with the Executive arm of the government to ensure their five-point demands are implemented.
“We will also work with the Executive to ensure that the five-point demands of the #EndSARS protesters, which the government has committed itself to be fully implemented.
“In spite of the unfortunate hijack of the protests against police brutality by hoodlums to unleash horrifying violence, arson, looting and wanton destruction of public and private property on the country, we will ensure that government fulfills the commitment it has made to the well-meaning agitators for police reform and good governance,” he said.
According to Senator Lawan, the National Assembly is fully committed to putting the necessary legislation in place for comprehensive reform of the police to enhance their institutional integrity and efficiency.
He condoled with the victims of the reprehensible violence and criminality witnessed in the last few days in many parts of the country.
“I send my condolences to the families of our security and law enforcement agents who have made the supreme sacrifices in the course of their service to their fatherland.
“I also call for a thorough investigation of every criminal act that we have witnessed in the past few weeks with a view to bringing to justice all those elements who have so callously destroyed public and private property,” local media reports quoted Senator Lawan as saying.
He urged the youths to join hands with the authorities in bringing an urgent cessation to the violence.
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