PSC TO DISCIPLINE OFFICERS VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS, EXTORTING MOTORISTS – CHAIRMAN
The Police Service Commission (PSC) says disciplinary action will be taken against policemen who engage in human rights violations and find it difficult to work within ‘approved boundaries’.
The Chairman of PSC, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Hashimu Argungu said this on Saturday in Enugu.
Argungu spoke at a two-day South-East Stakeholders Summit on Peace and Security, and Public Hearing On Human Rights Violations organized by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Partnership With Southeast Civil Society Organizations (CSOs),
The PSC chairman, represented by Ikechukwu Ani, the spokesman of PSC, said the South-East had become the hot bed of insecurity in the country and the unofficial headquarters of Human Rights violations.
He commended the organizers of the event for raising conversation on the insecurity in the South-East
According to him, the Commission wholeheartedly identifies with their mission to proffer solution to reduce crime in the South-East.
He said the commission was also concerned about serious human rights violations by some police officers who meddle into civil matters because of the financial gains in spite several warnings.
The organizers commended Gov. Peter Mbah for his efforts to combat insecurity in Enugu State, saying it had yielded positive results and the state had become a relatively safe haven compared to other states in the region.
