Founder of the Oodua Peoples
Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun has called on the leadership of the
Nigeria Police to call operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(F-SARS) to order.
He said the personnel had lost
focus and usually acted as if Nigeria was under siege.
Fasehun, who spoke with newsmen
in Lagos yesterday condemned clear “breaches and violation of citizens’
fundamental rights on daily basis”.
Fasehun said: “Today, Nigerians
appear to be under siege. From the North to the South, from the East to the
West, all parts of the country are militarized and turned into a virtual police
state.
“The Federal Special Anti-Robbery
Squad (F-SARS) has lost focus. Instead of implementing its primary objective of
curtailing armed robbery in the country, it has turned itself into an army of
occupation, harassing and pilfering money from innocent citizens.
“What we see now is that police
arrest and intimidate people into confessing to crimes they know nothing about
without respecting their right to legal counsel and representation. This must
stop”.
On the state of the nation vis a
vis the Democracy Day celebrations, the OPC leader said there was little to
cheer.
He called on President Muhammadu
Buhari to “lead all arms of the Executive in the protection and continued
sustenance of Nigeria’s democracy, in collaboration with the Legislature, the
Judiciary, the Media and Civil Society.”
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