Osun CDHR Condemns Police Brutality Of NSCDC Officer, Calls For Immediate Investigation

The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, CDHR, Osun chapter, has condemned the brutality meted on officer of the Nigeria Security Civil Defense Corps ,NSCDC, by men of the Nigeria Police Force.

Blaze Newz recalled that some officers from the Oyo State Police Command in video that went viral were seen brutalizing an NSCDC officer at Elizabeth Estate, Osogbo, Osun State during the week.

In a statement issued on Saturday by the Osun CDHR, signed by its chairman, Olowu Emmanuel, frowned to the incident saying If a security personnel can be assaulted in such a manner in broad daylight a civilian will be killed and thrown into the sea.

Osun CDHR, however, called on the Police Service Commission for immediate investigation into the alleged conspiracy to Kill, unlawful detention, torture, and public nuisance against personnel of the NSCDC.

The statement reads in part “To us in the CDHR the conduct displayed during the assault on the NSCDC personnel is unacceptable and we will not relent until justice is served because the viral video reported that the officer’s uniform was torn, he was brutally assaulted beyond description, disarmed, handcuffed like a common criminal, before he was forcefully whisked away to the Ataoja Division and late moved to the Police State Headquarters and kept in detention from 23rd of October 2024 to 25th of October 2024 despite the intervention of the NSCDC team of senior officers.

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“We, in Osun CDHR, were shocked at the narration of the NSCDC that the police requested that if they could identify the officer, they would release him, however after the identification the police failed to release him, kept him in detention without treatment, to us such actions can’t and should not be justified under any circumstances.

“It is like a shock to us that in this 21st century, police still go around to arrests without proper identification or presentation of search warrants. If the police can intimidate and harass NSCDC personnel and subject them to unlawful detention under the watch of a Commissioner of Police of a state, despite the intervention of the NSCDC team of senior officers, then the common man and his family could be slaughtered, tortured, and electrocuted among other grievous form of torture.

“Osun CDHR, therefore, calls on all stakeholders in the Nigeria security system, Civil Society Organizations, and Non-Governmental Organizations, both local and international, to jointly pressure the Police Service Commission to embark on a thorough investigation into this matter, urging that the perpetrators be held accountable. We cannot afford to witness another round of SAY NO TO POLICE BRUTALITY IN NIGERIA.”