Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has asked the court to
direct Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police, to assign at least one
police officer who is a legal practitioner to every station in Nigeria.
Falana said the assigned legal practitioners will monitor
human rights compliance in the police stations.
In a suit filed before the federal high court sitting in
Lagos, Falana also asked the court to determine whether the IGP is required to
obey section 66(3) of the Nigerian Police (Establishment) Act, 2020.
Section 66(3) of the act states: “There shall be assigned to
every police division at least one police officer: (a) who is qualified to
practise as legal practitioner in accordance with the Legal Practitioners Act;
(b) whose responsibility is to promote human rights compliance by officers of
the division.”
The defendants in the suit are the IGP and the Police
Service Commission (PSC).
“Question for determination: whether the defendants are not
under a legal obligation to assign a police officer who is a legal practitioner
to every police station in Nigeria to monitor human rights compliance?” the
document reads.
“A declaration that by virtue of Section 66(3) of the
Nigerian Police (Establishment) Act, 2020, the Defendants are required to
assign at least one police officer who is a legal practitioner to every police
station to monitor human rights compliance.
“An order directing
the Defendants to assign at least a police officer who is a legal practitioner
to every station in Nigeria to monitor human rights compliance forthwith.”
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