The Southern Governors Forum has told the President
Muhammadu Buhari government to always stick to the law while arresting
individuals and or groups of people alleged to have committed one crime or
another.
The Governors said this in a communique read by the Governor
of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu at the end of the meeting held on Monday.
The meeting reviewed the situation in the country and
focused on the current security situation, constitutional amendment, Petroleum
Industry Bill (PIB), among other things.
The Governors agreed that the country should remain united but on the pillars of equity, fairness, justice, progress and peaceful co-existence between and amongst its people.
The communique said, “The forum frowns at selective criminal
administration of Justice and resolved that arrests should be made within the
ambit of the Law and fundamental human rights,” the communique added.
The Forum also announced that henceforth Lagos will now
function as its permanent secretariat.
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