A team from the human rights community, under the banner of People’s Alternative Front, led Femi Falana (SAN), met with the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, and other top police officers at the Police Force Headquarters Abuja on Thursday.
At the meeting, Falana expressed the concern of the human rights community over the worsening security situation in the country, especially the increasing rate of armed robbery, kidnapping, killings, terrorism and banditry.
Falana commended the IGP for stopping media parade of criminal suspects in line with international human rights standards.
The human rights leader however informed Adamu of the human rights community plan to embark on series of public protests if the Federal Government fails to stop violence across the country.
While thanking the group for the meeting, the police boss gave detailed explanation on the combined efforts of the police and other security agencies to confront the security challenges.
On the new strategy of the police force, Adamu quipped that the police now works with human intelligence in collaboration with the Air Force and other sister security agencies, including the Civilian JTF, whom he maintained has been of immense assistance to the various security agencies in the onerous task of securing the nation.
He said “security is everybody’s business” and called for greater synergy and collaboration between all strata of the society in making the country safe for all and sundry.
In the team of the human rights community were Eze Nwagwu of Say No Campaign; Isa Sanusi and Emmanuel Ayoola, both of Amnesty International; and Benjamin and Abubakar Marshal.