The South East/South South Professionals of Nigeria ,SESSP, have
called for a probe of the recent killing of four students of the
University of Port Harcourt by indigines of Aluu community in Rivers statewith a view to finding the culprits and punishing them
appropriately.
It also called for an overhaul of Nigeria’s security agencies and the
criminal justice system, in order to restore the confidence of
NigerianA statement by the group’s President Mr. Emeka Ugwu-Oju noted that
the incident should provide a push for the reformation of the justice
system, so as to dissuade Nigerians from taking laws into their hands.
His words: ‘’While we call for a comprehensive probe of the incident
with a view to
finding the culprits and punishing them appropriately, we
demand a deep and incisive overhaul of the country’s security agencies
as well as the criminal justice system to restore confidence and faith
in the system and disavow resort to self help.
‘’It is the opinion of the SESSPN that this case should provide a
push to the relevant authorities to reform the country’s justice system,
reform the law enforcement agencies and ensure that Nigerians are
dissuaded from taking the law into their hands in any given situation.’’
He further said, ‘’We agree with most Nigerians that the country’s
criminal justice system is weak, ineffectual and grossly incompetent to
tackle the rising challenges posed by criminality in Nigeria. It is our
opinion that this has led to Nigerians taking the law into their hands
in situations the state fails to provide them adequate security. We feel
the gory case is traceable to the inadequacy of the security agencies
and the failure of the justice system, which has led to massive loss of
faith in their ability to deal with criminality and other breaches of
the law.’’
No comments:
Post a Comment