The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it has submitted a report to the Presidential Investigation Panel on human rights abuse against the now-scrapped Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), seeking the prosecution of 35 indicted police personnel by the Attorney-General of the Federation.
A statement by the NHRC on Tuesday morning indicated that the report which was submitted on Monday, contains names of all 35 indicted policemen that served under the disbanded SARS and expects the AGF to consider their prosecution in accordance with the law.
Recall that the NHRC had also constituted members of an independent investigation panel into the activities of the dissolved SARS, as the federal government finds a way to end the nationwide protests.
The AGF told the NHRC that the report will be implemented by the Federal Government and justice would be served to all parties involved. The NHRC said the report was conducted by listening to complaints of police brutality in the six geopolitical zones and “there were discoveries and all were encapsulated in the report.
“We have a mandate to establish a constitutional order,” the AGF said.
He added that the Police Act 2020 has provided solutions to some questions asked about the Police Force, including their operations and welfare captured in the Police Trust Fund.
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