Lawyer urges police, EFCC, army to adopt DSS compensation policy
He urged the Police, Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), EFCC, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and other security agencies to institutionalise similar compensation mechanisms and implement reforms to reduce wrongful arrests through improved intelligence, better investigations and stronger human rights compliance.
National security and respect for fundamental human rights are complementary principles that strengthen one another,” Dantani added.
By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja A legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Hamza Dantani, has called on security agencies, including the Police, Army and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to adopt the Department of State Services (DSS) policy of compensating innocent citizens wrongly arrested, detained or injured during security operations.
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