Benue Assembly seeks judicial panel on police brutality

Benue Assembly seeks judicial panel on police brutality

Lawmaker says incidents of unlawful killings were on the rise in Benue, citing the recent killing of a cybercrime suspect, Fanen Kpentemem, allegedly by the police The post Benue Assembly seeks judicial panel on police brutality appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Benue Assembly demands judicial probe into police brutality, killings – TheNGblog

Benue State House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging Governor Hyacinth Alia to set up a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate alleged incidents of police brutality and extra-judicial killings across the state. The decision was reached during Thursday’s plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Alfred Emberga, after a motion of urgent public importance was raised by Douglas Akya, lawmaker representing Makurdi South constituency. Akya…